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CD59 gene: 143 haplotypes of 22,718 nucleotides length by computational phasing in 113 individuals from different ethnicities.
Transfusion - 1 Jul 2024
Srivastava Kshitij, Yin Qinan, Makuria Addisalem Taye, Rios Maria, Gebremedhin Amha, Flegel Willy Albert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: CD59 deficiency due to rare germline variants in the CD59 gene causes disabilities, ischemic strokes, neuropathy, and hemolysis. CD59 deficiency due to common somatic variants in the PIG-A gene in hematopoietic stem cells causes paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. The ISBT database lists one nonsense and three missense germline variants that are associated with the CD59-null phenotype. To analyze the...
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