A novel ELISA for the evaluation of the classical pathway of complement

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 183-190

  Zwirner, J ^a   Wittig, A ^a   Kremmer, E ^b   Gotze O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CH50; Complement activity; Complement deposition; Deficiency; ELISA; Neoepitope

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPLEMENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT C9; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS;

EID: 0032004168     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00205-6     Document Type: Article

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