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CROSS reactivity between carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and blood-group antigens is inferred from the observation that many human sera can bind labelled CEA. This is more common with sera of blood group O or B (that is containing anti-A antibodies), and binding may sometimes be inhibited by absorption of the sera with group A erythrocytes1,2.
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TAYLOR, G., FREED, D. Confusion between specific and nonspecific binding of carcinoembryonic antigen and blood-group antigens by eluted antibody preparations. Nature 259, 237–239 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259237a0
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