Successful treatment of a PNH patient non-responsive to eculizumab with the novel complement C5 inhibitor coversin (nomacopan)
Saskia Schols, Miles A Nunn, Ian Mackie, Wynne Weston-Davies, Jun-Ichi Nishimura, Yuzuru Kanakura, Nicole Blijlevens, Petra Muus, Saskia Langemeijer, Saskia Schols, Miles A Nunn, Ian Mackie, Wynne Weston-Davies, Jun-Ichi Nishimura, Yuzuru Kanakura, Nicole Blijlevens, Petra Muus, Saskia Langemeijer
No abstract availableKeywords: complement; coversin; haemolysis; nomacopan; paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.
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