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The Abnormalities of the Complement System in Human Glomerulonephritis

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Advances in Nephrourology

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The implication of the complement system in the pathogenesis of human glomerulonephritis (GN) has been suspected since the work of Zinsser and Johnson in 1911 (31) and of Gunn in 1914 (14).

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Abbreviations

AGN:

acute glomerulonephritis

CH5O:

total complement hemolytic activity

CIC:

circulating immune complexes

EGTA:

ethyleneglycol-tetraacetate

I-C:

immune complexes

GN:

glomerulonephritis

MPGN:

membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis

NF or NeF:

nephritic factor

PEG:

polyethyleneglycol

SLE:

systemic lypus erithematosus

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    F. C. Berthoux, B. Laurent, C. Genin & J. C. Sabatier

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Berthoux, F.C., Laurent, B., Genin, C., Sabatier, J.C. (1981). The Abnormalities of the Complement System in Human Glomerulonephritis. In: Pavone-Macaluso, M., Smith, P.H., Vercellone, A., Maiorca, R., Rotolo, U. (eds) Advances in Nephrourology. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8944-6_3

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