The high prevalence of functional complement defects induced by chemotherapy

Introduction: To date, oncology patients are more dependent on non-cellular host defense against pathogens due to intensive (chemo)therapy-related bone marrow suppression. Since data on complement functionality in oncology patients are limited, we aimed to investigate the innate complement function...

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Main Authors: Mischa P Keizer, Angela Kamp, Cathelijn Aarts, Judy Geisler, Huib Caron, Marianne van de Wetering, Diana Wouters, Taco Kuijpers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
ALL
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00420/full