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Unique phenotypes of C1s deficiency and abnormality caused by two compound heterozygosities in a Japanese family.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 2009
Abe Katsuaki, Endo Yuichi, Nakazawa Naomi, Kanno Kazuko, Okubo Mitsuo, Hoshino Tadashi, Fujita Teizo
Abstract excerpt
A deficiency in the early components of complement is associated with an increased susceptibility to pyrogenic infections and multiple autoimmune diseases. We previously reported a Japanese case of selective C1s deficiency resulting from a compound heterozygosity for a 4-bp deletion in exon X and a nonsense mutation Glu597X in exon XII of the C1s gene. In this previous case, the patient suffered from unique...
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