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Molecular bases for inherited human complement component C6 deficiency in two unrelated individuals.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 1996
Nishizaka H, Horiuchi T, Zhu Z B, Fukumori Y, Nagasawa K, Hayashi K, Krumdieck R, Cobbs C G, Higuchi M, Yasunaga S, Niho Y, Volanakis J E
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of the sixth component of complement (C6D) is frequently associated with recurrent neisserial infections, especially meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis. We here report the molecular bases of C6D in two unrelated subjects, one African American (case 1) and the other Japanese (case 2). Screening all 17 exons of the C6 gene and their boundaries by exon-specific PCR/single strand conformation...
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