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On the origin of multiple mutant clones in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 Dec 2007
Traulsen Arne, Pacheco Jorge M, Dingli David
Abstract excerpt
The pool of hematopoietic stem cells that actively contributes to hematopoiesis is small, and the cells replicate slowly. Patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria invariably have a mutation in the PIG-A gene, and many have more than one clone of PIG-A mutated cells. Typically there is a...
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