Combined-heterozygous deficiency of complement C7 in a patient with recurrent meningitis;Kombiniert-heterozygote defizienz von komplementfaktor C7 bei einer patientin mit rezidivierender meningitis

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 655-658

  Schirinzi, Rebecca ^a   Lantin, Jean Pierre ^b   Frémeaux Bacchi, Véronique ^c   Schifferli, Jürg A ^a   Trendelenburg, Marten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Pregassona ^*  (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Complement; Deficiency; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C7;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEVER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRON; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPLEMENT C7; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33747047206     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-006-1070-4     Document Type: Article

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