Complement system protein C4 and susceptibility to hydralazine-induced systemic lupus erythematosus.
21 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus induced by long-term treatment with hydralazine were investigated to see whether susceptibility to this syndrome was associated with deficiency of the classical pathway complement protein, C4. 16 of 21 (76%) patients had one or more C4 null (ie, non-prod...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1989
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