- Case Report
- A Korean familial case of hereditary complement 7 deficiency
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Moon Kyu Ki, Kyung Yul Lee, Jun Hwa Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(6):721-724. Published online June 15, 2009
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Meningococcal infections can be associated with abnormalities of the complement system, which contains 5 terminal complement proteins. Furthermore, deficiencies in 1 of these 5, complement component 7 (C7), leads to the loss of complement lytic function, and affected patients show increased susceptibility to recurrent meningococcal meningitis and systemic Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. In September 2003, an 11-year-old female patient presented at... |
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