PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS OF HETEROZYGOUS DEFICIENCY OF THE 2ND COMPONENT OF COMPLEMENT

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作者
SULLIVAN, KE [1 ]
WINKELSTEIN, JA [1 ]
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[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PEDIAT,DIV ALLERGY & IMMUNOL,BALTIMORE,MD 21205
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10.1128/CDLI.1.5.606-607.1994
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Genetically determined C2 deficiency predisposes an individual to recurrent and invasive bacterial infections as well as a variety of rheumatic diseases. Most C2-deficient individuals carry the same 28-bp deletion in the sixth exon of the C2 gene. The present article reports the first prenatal analysis of a sibling of a C2-deficient patient; the sibling was found to be a heterozygous carrier of the 28-bp deletion of C2.
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