Complement levels before and after dives with a high risk of DCS

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Nyquist, P ^a,b   Ball, R ^c   Sheridan, M J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NMRI   (United States)

^d INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C3A; COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C5A; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547622263     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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