High frequency of C4 null alleles in primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-116

  Bentolila, Stéphane ^a,b   Fremeaux Bacchi, Véronique ^a   Weiss, Laurence ^a   Blouin, Jacques ^a   Kazatchkine, Michel D ^a   Piette, Jean Charles ^b  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; COMPLEMENT C4; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029685589     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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