Juvenile elastic arteries after 28 years of renal replacement therapy in a patient with complete complement C4 deficiency

BACKGROUND: Complement activation products are present in atherosclerotic plaques. Recently, binding of complement to elastin and collagen in the aortic wall has been demonstrated, suggesting a role of complement in the development aortic stiffness and atherosclerosis. The definitive role of complem...

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Autores principales: Knoll, Florian, Zitt, Emanuel, Intemann, Denis, Lhotta, Karl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23199021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-161

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23199021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-161

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