Value of Plasmatic Membrane Attack Complex as a Marker of Severity in Acute Kidney Injury

The aim of this study was to determine if complement pathway is activated in AKI; for this purpose, we measured, through ELISA sandwich, the terminal lytic fraction of the complement system, called membrane attack complex (C5b-C9), in AKI patients compared with patients with similar clinical conditi...

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Main Authors: Eva Rodríguez, Marta Riera, Clara Barrios, Julio Pascual
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/361065