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Abstract
The occurrence of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a 13 year old boy with
inherited complete deficiency of the second component of complement (C2) is described
here for the first time. Results of the complement studies and the associations of
glomerulonephritis with complement deficiencies are discussed.
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
June 30,
1976
Footnotes
☆This research was aided by grants from the National Institutes of Health (AI 10704 and HL 06314).
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© 1977 Published by Elsevier Inc.
