Falsely normal C4 in a case of acquired C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-566

  McLean Tooke, Andrew ^a   Stroud, Catherine ^a   Sampson, Anne ^a   Spickett, Gavin ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAPROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VIPER VENOM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; C1 ESTERASE INHIBITOR DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NEPHELOMETRY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; COMPLEMENT C1 INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C4; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249871376     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.041350     Document Type: Article

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