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[The C5 gene polymorphism in patients with PNH].
[Rinsho ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology - 1 Feb 2015
Nishimura Jun-Ichi, Kanakura Yuzuru
Abstract excerpt
This review is a commentary on an article entitled "Genetic variants in C5 and poor response to eculizumab" (N Engl J Med. 2014; 370: 632-639). The molecular basis for the poor response to eculizumab in Japanese patients is unclear. Of 345 Japanese patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who received eculizumab, 11 showed a poor response. All 11 had a single missense C5 heterozygous mutation,...
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