Complement activation contributes to platelet destruction in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However, there has been very little data describing serum complement levels in ITP patients, and no data ...

THE report with Weller, in 1962, of microcephaly in 14 of 17 infants with generalized cytomegalic inclusion disease established the association of this Central-nervous-system defect with intrauterine ...

THE antigen most commonly used in complement fixation tests for Johne's disease is a suspension of the specific organism, Mycobacterium johnei. This form of antigen is not entirely satisfactory for ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Supplement 4. Bacterial Virulence and Pathogenicity (Sep. - Oct., 1983), pp. S797-S805 (9 pages) An experimental model of pneumococcal bacteremia in guinea pigs ...

Thesis to Account for the Birth of Normal or Cretinous Infants to Mothers with Antithyroid Antibodies. The data reported below confirm the postulations that antithyroid antibodies do cross the ...