THE ABSENCE OF A B-ALLELE IN ACQUIRED B-BLOOD-GROUP PHENOTYPE CONFIRMED BY A DNA-BASED GENOTYPING METHOD

Authors
YIP SP CHOY WL CHAN CW CHOI CH
Citation
Sp. Yip et al., THE ABSENCE OF A B-ALLELE IN ACQUIRED B-BLOOD-GROUP PHENOTYPE CONFIRMED BY A DNA-BASED GENOTYPING METHOD, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 49(2), 1996, pp. 180-181
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Journal of Clinical Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219746
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
180 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(1996)49:2<180:TAOABI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A case of an 87 year old woman with carcinomatous sigmoid colon, found to be of group A, with acquired B status, is reported. The acquired B phenotype was confirmed by the absence of a B allele in the patient u sing denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of a DNA fragment amplifi ed from the ABO locus by the polymerase chain reaction.