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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Immunologic Tests > Serologic Tests > Complement Fixation Tests
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Investigative Techniques > Immunologic Techniques > Immunologic Tests > Serologic Tests > Complement Fixation Tests

Preferred term

Complement Fixation Tests  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Conglutinating Complement Absorption Test

Scope note

  • Serologic tests based on inactivation of complement by the antigen-antibody complex (stage 1). Binding of free complement can be visualized by addition of a second antigen-antibody system such as red cells and appropriate red cell antibody (hemolysin) requiring complement for its completion (stage 2). Failure of the red cells to lyse indicates that a specific antigen-antibody reaction has taken place in stage 1. If red cells lyse, free complement is present indicating no antigen-antibody reaction occurred in stage 1.

History note

  • CONGLUTINATION REACTION was heading 1975-96 (see under COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS 1975-90); COMPLEMENT ABSORPTION TEST, CONGLUTINATING was see CONGLUTINATION REACTION 1992-96

In other languages

  • komplementin sitoutumiskokeet

    Finnish

  • CF
  • CF-koe
  • komplementin sitoutumiskoe
  • komplementin sitoutumistutkimukset
  • komplementin sitoutumistutkimus
  • komplementinsitoutumiskoe
  • komplementinsitoutumiskokeet
  • komplementinsitoutumistutkimukset
  • komplementinsitoutumistutkimus
  • Komplementfixeringstest

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003168

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