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[Combined-heterozygous deficiency of complement C7 in a patient with recurrent meningitis].
Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983) - 15 Aug 2006
Schirinzi Rebecca, Lantin Jean Pierre, Frémeaux-Bacchi Véronique, Schifferli Jürg A, Trendelenburg Marten
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BACKGROUND: The association between complement deficiencies and the increased risk for meningococcal infections and bacterial meningitis is well described and most striking in patients with deficiencies of one of the late complement components, i.e., C5-C9. CASE REPORT: In the presented study the first case of a patient with combined-heterozygous deficiency of complement C7 is described. The defect led to a...
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