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The mutation rate in PIG-A is normal in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Blood - 15 Jul 2006
Araten David J, Luzzatto Lucio
Abstract excerpt
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is characterized by the presence in the patient's hematopoietic system of a large cell population with a mutation in the X-linked PIG-A gene. Although this abnormal cell population is often found to be monoclonal, it is not unusual that 2 or even several PIG-A mutant clones coexist in the same patient. Therefore, it has been suggested that the PIG-A gene may be...
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