Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with a hybrid complement gene.

BACKGROUND: Sequence analysis of the regulators of complement activation (RCA) cluster of genes at chromosome position 1q32 shows evidence of several large genomic duplications. These duplications have resulted in a high degree of sequence identity between the gene for factor H (CFH) and the genes f...

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Main Authors: Julian P Venables, Lisa Strain, Danny Routledge, David Bourn, Helen M Powell, Paul Warwicker, Martha L Diaz-Torres, Anne Sampson, Paul Mead, Michelle Webb, Yves Pirson, Michael S Jackson, Anne Hughes, Katrina M Wood, Judith A Goodship, Timothy H J Goodship
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1626556?pdf=render