Complement C4 deficiency and HLA homozygosity in patients with frequent intraoral herpes simplex virus type 1 infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1604-1607

  Seppänen, Mikko ^a   Lokki, Marja Liisa ^c   Timonen, Tuomo ^d   Lappalainen, Maija ^b   Jarva, Hanna ^e   Järvinen, Asko ^a   Sarna, Seppo ^f   Valtonen, Ville ^a   Meri, Seppo ^e  

^a Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Department of Bacteriology and Immunology ^*  (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HLA ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUTH LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ADULT; COMPLEMENT C4; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES;

EID: 0035502921     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323462     Document Type: Article

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