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Complement activation in astrocytomas: deposition of C4d and patient outcome

BACKGROUND: C4d is a cleavage product of complement component C4 and is considered to serve as a marker for the site of complement activation. In this study C4d staining of grade I-IV astrocytic tumors was studied to explore if there is an association between complement activation and the grade of t...

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Autores principales: Mäkelä, Katri, Helén, Pauli, Haapasalo, Hannu, Paavonen, Timo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23199209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-565