title: Monoclonal gammopathies in a series of 1743 plasma donors.
abstract: We carried out a retrospective analysis on a series of 1743 plasma donors during the period from January 1999 to February 2004 to determine the frequency of monoclonal gammopathies occurrence. In the whole group, we observed 0.68% occurence and in the subgroup of donors over 40 years of age even 1.18% occurrence of the serum paraprotein. We have presented our recommendations for the screening of monoclonal gammopathies in blood donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague. maisnar@fnhk.cz
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maisnar
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tichý
authors.forename: Vít
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rehácek
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palicka
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malý
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010266:Paraproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D010266:Paraproteins