C4A deficiency in children and adolescents with recurrent respiratory infections

Human Immunology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 498-501

  Kainulainen, Leena ^a   Peltola, Ville ^a   Seppänen, Mikko ^b   Viander, Markku ^c   He, Qiushui ^d   Lokki, Marja Liisa ^e   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complement C4 deficiency; Recurrent acute otitis media; Recurrent respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LECTIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A DEFICIENCY; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84860251696     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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