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A case report of complement C4B deficiency in a patient with steroid and IVIG-refractory anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
BACKGROUND: Complement C4A or C4B deficiency has never been reported in autoantibody-associated encephalitides patient. Here we present a case of anti-N-methyl- D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis associated with homozygous C4B deficiency, who did not respond to intravenous immunoglobulin and p...
Autores principales: | Chua, Gilbert T., Zhou, Danlei, Ho, Alvin Chi Chung, Chan, Sophelia Hoi Shan, Yu, Chack Yung, Lau, Yu Lung |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7488026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32900365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-01906-x |
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