CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES DETECTED BY CLQ SOLID-PHASE ASSAY IN LEPROSY

1 January 1981

journal article
research article

Vol. 49 (1) , 27-30

Abstract

Sixty-three sera of patients with leprosy were tested for the presence of circulating immune complexes (CIC) by C1q [complement component 1 of fragment q] solid phase assay. The mean values of CIC levels in leprosy patients were very high in comparison to native Somalians and European controls. No difference was found in the tuberculoid and lepromatous forms, but there was a good correlation between the presence of CIC and autoantibodies.

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