| Literature DB >> 3827337 |
M Sugimoto, M Nishikai, A Sato, Y Suzuki, M Nihei, J Uchida, N Mimura.
Abstract
Hereditary deficiencies in early and late complement components are well known to predispose to SLE-like syndromes or recurrent infection. Hitherto reported C9 deficient cases have usually been healthy subjects, however, and it is not considered that C9 deficiency is associated with any specific disease. We describe a completely C9 deficient patient with possible Sjögren's syndrome and discuss the relationship.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3827337 PMCID： PMC1002082 DOI： 10.1136/ard.46.2.153
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Rheum Dis ISSN： 0003-4967 Impact factor: 19.103