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Biochemical background of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 8 Oct 1999
Tomita M
Abstract excerpt
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is an acquired disorder characterized by paroxysms of intravascular hemolysis. A considerable part of erythrocytes in patient blood is susceptible to autologous complement activation because of the deficiency of CD59, which is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein and inhibits the formation of the membrane attack complex (MAC) of complement. The deficiency...
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