Complement activation in thrombotic microangiopathies

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 404-406

  Feng, Shuju ^a   Kroll, Michael H ^a   Nolasco, Leticia ^b   Moake, Joel ^b   Afshar Kharghan, Vahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement; Thrombotic haemolytic anaemias; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROANGIOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAM PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES;

EID: 84872511153     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12112     Document Type: Letter

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