Laboratory testing for C1 inhibitor deficiency: A comparison of two approaches to C1 inhibitor function

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-78

  Gompels, M M ^a   Lock, R J ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; C1 INHIBITOR DEFICIENCY; CALORIMETRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; COLORIMETRY; COMPLEMENT C1 INHIBITOR PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846486657     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456307779596020     Document Type: Article

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