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Complements of the season: the hazards of testing for complement activation
1Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
Medical Device Technology
|August 5, 1996
Abstract:
As some of the subtleties of the new era of biological testing become appreciated, a few of the more recently introduced tests are starting to cause concern. The evaluation of the ability of a material to activate complement comes into this category. This article explains complement and its activation and attempts to rationalize the need for testing in this complex area.