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Inherited Complete Deficiency of 20-Kilodalton Homologous Restriction Factor (CD59) as a Cause of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
25 Oct 1990
Abstract excerpt
PAROXYSMAL nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare acquired disease caused by an unusual susceptibility of erythrocytes to the lytic action of complement. The abnormal erythrocytes are thought to originate from the clonal proliferation of bone marrow progenitors altered by somatic mutation.1 Erythrocytes from patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria have been shown to be deficient in membrane glycoproteins,...
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