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Complement deficiency

Known as: complement deficiencies, deficiency complement 
A broad classification for rare genetic disorders with mostly autosomal recessive patterns of inheritance. They are caused by the ineffective or… 
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Angioedemas, Hereditary
C1q DEFICIENCYC3 DEFICIENCYC4 DeficiencyCOMPLEMENT COMPONENT 2 DEFICIENCY

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inborn immunodeficiency

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Review
2005
Review
2005
Complement deficiency and immune complex disease
ConclusionsStudy of patients with complement deficiency has supplied important insights into the physiological importance of this… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Killing of meningococci by neutrophils: effect of vaccination on patients with complement deficiency.
To evaluate the in vitro effect of meningococcal vaccination, 3 C7-deficient (C7-D) siblings and 2 normal controls were studied… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Inherited deficiencies of the terminal components of human complement.
The particularly frequent occurrence of terminal complement deficiencies in patients with Neisserial infections suggests that the… 
1991
1991
DEFICIENCY OF MANNAN BINDING PROTEIN‐A NEW COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
The concept of a common opsonic deficiency arose following work which was initiated by Miller etal in 1968 (1). These authors… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Interaction of complement with Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
The importance of the complement system in host defense against systemic infection caused by neisseriae is emphasized by a number… 
1986
1986
Meningococcemia and acquired complement deficiency. Association in patients with hepatic failure.
We treated two patients with severe hepatic failure complicated by meningococcemia. Serum complement profiles performed on these… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Influence of genetically inherited complement deficiencies on humoral immune response in guinea pigs.
To assess the role of complement in the induction of the humoral immune response, we studied the antibody response of guinea pigs… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Inherited complement deficiencies.
Isolated genetic deficiencies of individual components of the complementary system have been described in man for all the… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
SKIN LESIONS, ANGIO-ŒDEMA, AND HYPOCOMPLEMENTÆMIA
1966
1966
DEFICIENCY OF THE SIXTH COMPONENT OF COMPLEMENT IN RABBITS WITH AN INHERITED COMPLEMENT DEFECT
A strain of rabbits with an inherited complement deficiency was shown to lack the sixth component of the hemolytic complement… 
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