Mutations in complement C3 predispose to development of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

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Published in Blood on September 16, 2008

Authors

Veronique Frémeaux-Bacchi1, Elizabeth C Miller, M Kathryn Liszewski, Lisa Strain, Jacques Blouin, Alison L Brown, Nadeem Moghal, Bernard S Kaplan, Robert A Weiss, Karl Lhotta, Gaurav Kapur, Tej Mattoo, Hubert Nivet, William Wong, Sophie Gie, Bruno Hurault de Ligny, Michel Fischbach, Ritu Gupta, Richard Hauhart, Vincent Meunier, Chantal Loirat, Marie-Agnès Dragon-Durey, Wolf H Fridman, Bert J C Janssen, Timothy H J Goodship, John P Atkinson

Author Affiliations

1: Service d'Immunologie Biologique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

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