Complement factor H: a guardian within?

Kidney Int

Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Team Inflammation, Complement and Cancer, Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: October 2021


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