Polymorphism of the complement receptor 1 gene correlates with the hematologic response to eculizumab in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Complement blockade by eculizumab is clinically effective in hemolytic paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. However, the response is variable and some patients remain dependent on red blood cell transfusions. In 72 patients with hemolytic paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria on eculizumab we tested t...

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Main Authors: Tommaso Rondelli, Antonio M. Risitano, Régis Peffault de Latour, Michela Sica, Benedetta Peruzzi, Patrizia Ricci, Wilma Barcellini, Anna Paola Iori, Carla Boschetti, Veronica Valle, Veronique Frémeaux-Bacchi, Maria De Angioletti, Gerard Socie, Lucio Luzzatto, Rosario Notaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ferrata Storti Foundation 2014-02-01
Series:Haematologica
Online Access:https://haematologica.org/article/view/6924