Dysfunctional properdin in a Dutch family with meningococcal disease

N Engl J Med. 1988 Jul 7;319(1):33-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198807073190106.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Complement Pathway, Alternative
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Female
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / genetics
  • Meningococcal Infections / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Properdin / analysis
  • Properdin / physiology*

Substances

  • Properdin