Monoclonal Gammopathies in a Series of 1743 Plasma Donors

Maisnar, Vladimír; Tichý, Miloš; Řeháček, Vít; Palička, Vladimír; Malý, Jaroslav

doi:10.14712/18059694.2017.123

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https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.123

Monoclonal Gammopathies in a Series of 1743 Plasma Donors

Vladimír Maisnar^a, Miloš Tichý^b, Vít Řeháček^c, Vladimír Palička^b, Jaroslav Malý^a

^aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, IInd Department of Medicine – Department of Clinical Haematology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
^cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received October 1, 2005
Accepted May 1, 2006

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.