Deficiency in complement factor B

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1667-1669

  Slade, Charlotte ^a   Unglik, Gary ^a   Bosco, Julian ^b   Bleasel, Karl ^c   Nagel, Mato ^d   Winship, Ingrid ^e  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c not available   (Australia)

^d Center for Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; AMOXICILLIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; EMPYEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCREENING TEST; STOP CODON; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84886257837     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1306326     Document Type: Letter

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