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Complement C4 Deficiency – A Plausible Risk Factor for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infection in Apparently Immunocompetent Patients
BACKGROUND: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment and they infect mainly persons with underlying pulmonary diseases but also previously healthy elderly women. Defects in host resistance that lead to pulmonary infections by NTM are relatively unknown. A few genetic defe...
Autores principales: | Kotilainen, Hannele, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Paakkanen, Riitta, Seppänen, Mikko, Tukiainen, Pentti, Meri, Seppo, Poussa, Tuija, Eskola, Jussi, Valtonen, Ville, Järvinen, Asko |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956671/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24638111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091450 |
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