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Complement: Deficiency Diseases
Individuals with genetically determined complement deficiencies have a variety of clinical presentations. Most patients present with an increased susceptibility to infection, otherswith a variety of rheumatic diseases, still others with angio-oedema, and in rare instances, patients may even be asymptomatic. The elucidation of the pathophysiological basis for the different clinical presentations...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Immunology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0014-2980,1521-4141
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737927