Article
Improved determination of variant erythrocytes at the glycophorin A (GPA) locus and variant frequency in patients treated with radioiodine for thyroid cancer.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Aug 1996
Schiwietz J, Lorenz R, Scheubeck M, Börner W, Hempel K
Abstract excerpt
Red blood cells from individuals with the blood group MN express each form of the allelic GPA protein (GPAM and GPAN) on their cell surface. Variant cells have lost one form of the protein. Their frequency is about 10(-5) in blood from unexposed persons. The BR6 assay is currently the most widely...
Topics
- Adult
- Chromosome Mapping
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Glycophorins
- Humans
- MNSs Blood-Group System
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Radiation Dosage
- Thyroid Neoplasms
