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E. K. Chung, Y. Yang, K. L. Rupert, K. N. Jones, R. M. Rennebohm, C. A. Blanchong, et al., “Determining the One, Two, Three, or Four Long and Short Loci of Human Complement C4 in a Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotype Encoding C4A or C4B Proteins,” American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 71, No. 4, 2002, pp. 810 822. doi:10.1086/342778

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• TITLE: Low Levels of Complement Factor C4 Not Always Implicate Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  AUTHORS: E. J. ter Borg, H. van Velzen-Blad, D. Hamann

  KEYWORDS: Complement; Homozygous C4A Isotype Deficiency; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.4 No.2, February 26, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A lupus patient with a clinically quiescent disease stage will be described who had severely depressed C4 levels while levels of C3 en CH50 were normal. Additional testing revealed a homozygous C4Aisotype deficiency as the cause of the very low C4 levels. It should be emphasized that in SLE, a (very) low C4 level does not always means (subclinical) disease activity.