1. A study of erythrocyte membrane proteins and urinary polypeptides in conga drumming haemoglobinuria.
- Author
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Levy RD, Khaleeli AA, Griffiths BL, and Edwards YH
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- Adult, Blood Protein Electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Ghana ethnology, Glycoproteins blood, Hemoglobinuria etiology, Humans, Male, Recurrence, Time Factors, Blood Proteins metabolism, Dancing, Erythrocyte Membrane metabolism, Hemoglobinuria metabolism, Music, Peptides urine
- Abstract
The erythrocyte membrane proteins and glycoproteins and urinary polypeptides have been examined in a patient exhibiting intermittent pigmenturia associated with conga drumming. Significant excretion of haemoglobin, albumin and probably erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase but not myoglobin occurred during the acute phase of the conga drumming-induced pigmenturia. This usually ceased within 24-48 h. We found no evidence of aberrant erythrocyte membrane components on electrophoresis with either protein staining or a range of 125I-labelled lectins used for detection.
- Published
- 1985
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