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Somatic mutations and cellular selection in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.
Lancet (London, England) - 16 Apr 1994
Bessler M, Mason P, Hillmen P, Luzzatto L
Abstract excerpt
Patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) have in their blood two red-cell populations, one normal and one deficient in proteins anchored to the membrane through a glycan phosphatidylinositol (GPI) structure. The PNH abnormality is due to a somatic mutation in the PIG-A gene, whose product is required for an early step in GPI anchor biosynthesis. We show that in two patients, two PNH clones with...
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