A Case of Meningococcal Meningitis with Complement 9 Deficiency |
Choi, Sun-Mee
(Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Kyung-Yil (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Hyung-Shin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Hong, Ja-Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Mi-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Byung-Cheol (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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