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Editorial
. 2025 Sep 11.
doi: 10.1007/s00467-025-06958-0. Online ahead of print.

A new era of complement inhibition: are we ready for the infectious risks?

Nicolas Bergeron  1   2 , Geneviève Benoit  1   2 , Alexandra Cambier  1   2 , Camille Laroche  1   2 , Véronique Phan  1   2 , Jean Philippe Roy  1   2 , Anne-Laure Lapeyraque  3   4
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Editorial

A new era of complement inhibition: are we ready for the infectious risks?

Nicolas Bergeron et al. Pediatr Nephrol. .
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Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.

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