C4 concentrations and C4 deficiency alleles in systemic lupus erythematosus.
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C4 concentrations and C4 deficiency alleles in systemic lupus erythematosus.
In a study of 66 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 80 controls it was found that the presence of two deficiency (null) alleles of C4 had a significant effect on mean C4 concentrations in serum. In six controls who each had two C4 null alleles the mean C4 concentration in serum was 56% lower than in 43 controls without C4 null alleles; the nadir of the C4 concentration in four...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.48.7.600