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The role of complement in human autoimmune, inflammatory, and infectious diseases is reviewed, focusing on clinical applicability. A typical case is presented in which serum testing for C3 and C4 is performed to help assess a syndrome with a broad differential diagnosis. The review includes a discussion of complement deficiency states, consumption of complement by diseases characterized by immune-complex formation and deposition, usefulness and interpretation of laboratory tests for complement, and development of drugs targeting specific components of the complement pathway for a growing number of indications.
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10.9
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2.2W
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2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY
IF10.9

