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Complement (Immunology)

Part of the immune system that enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear microbes and damaged cells from an organism, promotes inflammation, and attacks the pathogen's cell membrane

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    Host-defense mechanisms against infection / Anthony S. Fauci.

    Fauci, Anthony S., 1940- | Date: [1982]
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    El complemento / por R. Doerr ; traducción de la edición original alemana por F. Cordón.

    Doerr, R. (Robert), 1871-1952. | Date: [1952], ©1952
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    Complement / edited by H.J. Müller-Eberhard, P.A. Miescher.

    | Date: 1985
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    Molecular basis of complement action / Herbert J. Rapp, Tibor Borsos.

    Rapp, Herbert J., 1923-1981. | Date: 1970
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    Complement / Michael M. Frank.

    Frank, Michael M. | Date: [1975]

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