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Complement Preservation in Citrated Human Blood
Author(s) -
Reich M. L.,
Heilweil L.,
Fischel E. E.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.1970.tb00696.x
Subject(s) - complement (music) , medicine , human blood , blood preservation , physiology , biology , biochemistry , complementation , gene , phenotype
Total hemolytic complement activity was measured periodically in citrated samples of whole human blood stored for three weeks under usual blood bank conditions. The loss of complement was gradual; an average of 97 per cent of the total activity remained after one week and 90 per cent after three weeks.