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A genetic or aquired condition characterized by abnormally low levels of complement proteins in the blood.
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Hypocomplementemia can result from genetically inherited deficiencies of one or more complement proteins, or from overt complement cascade activation. The latter is a common occurence in immune-complex diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Hebert LA, Cosio FG, Neff JC (1991) Diagnostic significance of hypocomplementemia. Kidney International 39:811–21
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(2004). Hypocomplementemia. In: Moreland, L.W. (eds) Rheumatology and Immunology Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29662-X_1306
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