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Genetic Defects of Complement in Man

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Immune Deficiency

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The complement system is a formidably complex system of interacting of plasma proteins, strongly conserved in vertebrate evolution which functions, inter alia, as the principal effector system for antibody-mediated immune reactions.

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    Peter J. Lachmann

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    Max D. Cooper M. D. (Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology) (Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology)

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Lachmann, P.J., Rosen, F.S. (1979). Genetic Defects of Complement in Man. In: Cooper, M.D., Lawton, A.R., Miescher, P.A., Mueller-Eberhard, H.J. (eds) Immune Deficiency. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81362-7_7

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