C7 deficiency in an Irish family: A deletion defect which is predominant in the Irish

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-361

  O'Hara, A M ^a   Fernie, B A ^b,e   Moran, A P ^a   Williams, Y E ^c   Connaughton, J J ^d   Orren, A ^a   Hobart, M J ^b,f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Portlaoise   (Ireland)

^e Centre for Veterinary Science   (United Kingdom)

^f DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C7 deficiency; Complement; DNA markers; Genetic defects; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C7;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRELAND; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COMPLEMENT C6; COMPLEMENT C7; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031794782     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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