Meningococcal meningitis and complement deficiences
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Meningococcal meningitis and complement deficiences
Results A hundred and twenty nine patients (69M:60F) were included in the study. The age of the patients ranged from 2 months (m) up to 64 years old (mean= 96.2m; median=48m). The following serogroups were identified: type C, 36.4%; B, 20.2%; W135, 1.5% and 41.9% had no serogroup identified. CH50 and AP50 values were below the reference levels in 48 patients (37.2%) and 97 patients (75.2%), and...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Allergy Organization Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1939-4551
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-8-s1-a138