Complement and the immune response

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-69

  Carroll, Michael C ^a   Fischer, Michael B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031045737     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(97)80160-4     Document Type: Article

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