Genetic basis of human complement C8α-γ deficiency

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3762-3766

  Kojima, Takeshi ^a   Horiuchi, Takahiko ^a   Nishizaka, Hiroaki ^a   Fukumori, Yasuo ^b   Amano, Tetsuki ^c   Nagasawa, Kohei ^d   Niho, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hayashi, Kenshi ^e  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8; DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INTRON; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0032193241     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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