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Phenotypic expression of factor H mutations in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 2006
Vaziri-Sani F, Holmberg L, Sjöholm A G, Kristoffersson A-C, Manea M, Frémeaux-Bacchi V, Fehrman-Ekholm I, Raafat R, Karpman D
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the phenotypic expression of factor H mutations in two patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Factor H in serum was assayed by rocket immunoelectrophoresis, immunoblotting, and double immunodiffusion and in tissue by immunohistochemistry. Functional activity was analyzed by hemolysis of sheep erythrocytes and binding to endothelial cells. A homozygous mutation in complement...
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