A gamma-globulin factor in the serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus that reacts with isolated cell nuclei 1 or nucleoprotein 2,3 has been detected in many ways. 4 The standard method of ...

R. L. Kahn, R. M. Olin Jr. The velocity of fixation of complement employing syphilitic serums and 6 different Wassermann antigens was studied. The periods of fixation ...

A complement blood test checks for autoimmune diseases or other issues with your immune system. Your doctor might test you if you have a family history of certain conditions, such as rheumatoid ...

IN the course of immunological research on cancer it was observed that the foot and mouth disease virus can act as antigen in a special reaction of the complement fixation test. You have full access ...

A direct complement-fixation (CF) test was used to measure infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) antigen in eggs, and antibodies in heat-inactivated chicken serum. The antigen was prepared from ...

DURING both research and routine complement fixation tests with foot-and-mouth disease virus, we attempted to develop a similar test for the condition known as contagious ecthyma of the lips, ...

THE latex-fixation test of Singer and Plotz 1 was designed as a diagnostic tool for the detection of rheumatoid arthritis. The positive reaction in this test depends upon the interaction of human ...