title: Inherited deficiency of the second component of complement (C2) with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.
abstract: The occurrence of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a 13 year old boy with inherited complete deficiency of the second component of complement (C2) is described here for the first time. Results of the complement studies and the associations of glomerulonephritis with complement deficiencies are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003172:Complement C1 / Q000032:analysis; D003175:Complement C2 / Q000172:deficiency*; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000032:analysis; D003182:Complement C5 / Q000032:analysis; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003172:Complement C1; D003175:Complement C2; D003176:Complement C3; D003181:Complement C4; D003182:Complement C5; D003165:Complement System Proteins