- A Case of Meningococcal Sepsis and Meningitis with Complement 7 Deficiency in a Military Trainee
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Sim SH, Heo JY, Kim EC, Choe KW
- KMID: 2391845
- Infect Chemother.
- 2013 Mar;45(1):94-98.
Complement component 7 (C7) deficiency leads to the loss of complement lytic function, and affected patients show increased susceptibility to encapsulated organisms infection, especially Neisseria meningitidis. Recently, we have experienced... -
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- A Case of Hereditary C7 Deficiency Associated with Meningococcal Meningitis
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We HW, Kim WD, Lee SJ, Lee DS, Kim DK, Choi SM, Ha GY
- KMID: 2037365
- Korean J Pediatr.
- 2004 Jul;47(7):799-802.
The complement system is composed of more than 25 different proteins and is usually divided into classical and alternative pathways. Complement component 7(C7) is one of the five terminal complement... -
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- A Korean familial case of hereditary complement 7 deficiency
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Kim MK, Lee KY, Lee JH
- KMID: 2281081
- Korean J Pediatr.
- 2009 Jun;52(6):721-724.
- doi: 10.3345/kjp.2009.52.6.721
Meningococcal infections can be associated with abnormalities of the complement system, which contains 5 terminal complement proteins. Furthermore, deficiencies in 1 of these 5, complement component 7 (C7), leads to... -
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