High incidence of complement C9 deficiency in Koreans

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-148

  Hee, Jung Kang ^a,b   Han, Sung Kim ^a   Yung, Kyoung Lee ^a   Hyoun, Chan Cho ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complement C9 deficiency; Korean subjects

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KOREA; NEPHELOMETRY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERUM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLEMENT C9; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 18744390054     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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