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PATHOLOGY
Author(s) -
JAMES MILLER
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1954.tb85695.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science
The discovery that an " antigen " (a substance used for immunisation) in the presence of its specific antibody (serum of animal immunised) will "bind," "deviate," or "fix" complement is the outcome of the researches of Pfeiffer, Metchnikoff, Bordet, and Gengou. This phenomenon, often known as the Bordet-Gengou phenomenon, is one which has been most fruitful in results, both practical and theoretical.