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ArticleCase reports in immunology2022

Terminal Complement Pathway Deficiency in an Adult Patient with Meningococcal Sepsis.

F Staels, W Meersseman, P Stordeur, K Willekens, S Van Loo, A Corveleyn, I Meyts, G Meyfroidt, R Schrijvers

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Article in Case reports in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

F StaelsDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Adaptive Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5657-9814
W MeerssemanDepartment of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
P StordeurBelgian National Reference Center for the Complement System, Laboratory of Immunology, LHUB-ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-0709
K WillekensCenter for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-5778
S Van LooCenter for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
A CorveleynCenter for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
I MeytsDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1214-0302
G MeyfroidtDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Intensive Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
R SchrijversDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-6220
KU Leuven · BEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system is an essential part of our innate immune system. Three enzymatic activation pathways are described, all converging into a common terminal pathway which causes lysis of the target cell. Late complement deficiencies (LCDs) are typically diagnosed in children or adolescents with invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). However, IMD can also be a first manifestation in adulthood and should prompt for the evaluation of the LCD. We report the case of a young adult with IMD who was found to have a LCD, caused by a compound heterozygous mutation in

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