Complete complement components C4A and C4B deficiencies in human kidney diseases and systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2803-2814

  Yang, Yan ^a   Lhotta, Karl ^b   Chung, Erwin K ^a   Eder, Paula ^c   Neumair, Friedrich ^d   Yu, C Yung ^a,e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c BRUNECK HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Hospital Brixen   (Italy)

^e THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; HLA A24 ANTIGEN; HLA A30 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 4043078474     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.4.2803     Document Type: Article

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