title: [Immunologic follow-up of HIV-positive patients. C3, C4 complement components during HIV infection].
abstract: Investigations of the authors' patients with HIV infection revealed marked changes in the C3 and C4 components of complement. Of 61 investigated patients with HIV infection only 23 patients (37.7%) had values of the C3 component at the level recorded in controls. Values of the C4 component comparable with the control group were recorded in 24 patients (39.3%). From figures 1 and 2 it apparent that in the investigated group there is a striking hypercomplementaemia of both components, as compared with hypocomplementaemia.
authors.affiliation: Oddĕlení lékarské imunologie KHS, Praha, CSc.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Skokanová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamínková
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanková
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000276:immunology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis*; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000032:analysis*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D003181:Complement C4