Hemolytic and Conglutinating Complement in Normal and Pathologic Human Sera

Abstract

A simultaneous determination of the hemolytic (CH) and conglutinating complement (Cc) was made on 587 "healthy" sera [Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) material] and 1036 pathologic sera [hospital material]. Sex, blood group and erythrocyte sedimentation rate did not affect the titer distribution. Older subjects, however, tended to show higher titers than did the