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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria with copy number-neutral 6pLOH in GPI (+) but not in GPI (-) granulocytes.
European journal of haematology - 1 Jan 2014
Ueda Yasutaka, Nishimura Jun-ichi, Murakami Yoshiko, Kajigaya Sachiko, Kinoshita Taroh, Kanakura Yuzuru, Young Neal S
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is an acquired bone marrow disorder caused by expansion of a clone of hematopoietic cells lacking glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored membrane proteins. Multiple lines of evidence suggest immune attack on normal hematopoietic stem cells provides a selective growth advantage to PNH clones. Recently, frequent loss of HLA alleles associated with copy number-neutral...
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