C3COVID 19

Sojit Tomo1, Pvsn Kiran Kumar2, Dharamveer Yadav1

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jodhpur, Basni Phase 2, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005 India.

概括

在COVID-19患者中,较低的血清C3补充水平与疾病严重程度和死亡风险增加相关. 测量C3可能有助于早期识别严重病例和监测疾病进展.

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