Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria due to an 88 bp direct tandem repeat insertion in the PIG-A gene

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-291

  Pavlu, J ^a   Mortazavi, Y ^a   Tooze, J ^a   Marsh, J C W ^a   Gordon Smith, E C ^a   Rutherford, T R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; DNA sequencing; GPI anchored proteins; Somatic mutation; SSCP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030792665     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.2343051.x     Document Type: Article

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