Article
Genotypic and phenotypic implications in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH): a preliminary investigation.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jan 1997
Pakdeesuwan K, Siripanyaphinyo U, Pramoonjago P, Pattanapanyasat K, Wilairat P, Kinoshita T, Wanachiwanawin W
Abstract excerpt
The genetic and biochemical defects underlying paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) have recently been elucidated. The deficiency of the surface expression of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins caused by a somatic mutation of the PIG-A gene, an X-chromosomal gene that parti...
Topics
- Adult
- CD55 Antigens
- CD59 Antigens
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Genotype
- Granulocytes
- Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Reticulocytes
