Article
Frequency in Spanish population of familial complement factor 2 type I deficits and associated HLA haplotypes.
Human immunology - 1 Oct 2005
Antolín S Calleja, Del Rey Cerros M J, Sierra E Mancebo, Miñarro D Oliver, Clemente J, Martínez L Allende, Peña P Varela, Panete M J Castro, Pérez P Morales, Paz-Artal E
Abstract excerpt
We present two familial cases of complement factor 2 (C2) type I deficiency. Probands had experienced severe pyogenic bacteria infections in childhood and had undetectable levels of C2 and very low level of CH50. Both children were homozygous for the deletion of 28 bp in exon 6 of the C2 gene. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing in family 1 had the commonly reported associations, but family 2 demonstrated a new...
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