title: Complement system in malnutrition.
abstract: The total complement and C3 and C4 components serum levels were assessed in vitro in forty children suffering from severe and moderate protein-calorie malnutrition in the 2 to 5 year age group. Twenty well-nourished children of the same age were as a control group. The results in the three group showed no significant differences.
authors: Laboratorio de Imunopatologia (LIM/51), Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors: W C
authors: WC
authors: Forte
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Forte
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Leão
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000032:analysis; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D003181:Complement C4; D003165:Complement System Proteins