C4, BF, C3 allele distribution and complement activity in healthy aged people and centenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Bellavia, Diego ^a   Fradà, Giovanni ^a   Di Franco, Pietro ^a   Feo, Salvatore ^a   Franceschi, Claudio ^b,c   Sansoni, Paolo ^d   Brai, Melchiorre ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e Institute of General Pathology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032956213     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.B150     Document Type: Article

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