Interpretation
of Tests Results - 1
•9 Reduced levels of complement components
•E complement
consumption during in vivo formation of ag-ab complexes
•E reduced
synthesis of complement
•E increased
catabolism of complement
•E presence of
an inhibitor to complement
•9 Reduced levels of complement activity
•E seen in diseases such as:
•U infectious
hepatitis with arthritis
•U severe
combined immunodeficiency
•U Systemic
lupus with glomerularnephritis
•U immune
complex disease