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IN a recent study1 we compared the complement fixing and hæmolytic titres of several different hæmolytic systems. We found a lack of correlation between the titres of these two activities when compared in different hæmolytic systems. In addition, we found striking differences in the quantity of complement (C′) capable of being fixed by these systems. These findings indicated that C′ fixation and hæmolysis represent quantitatively distinct serological properties.
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GOODMAN, H. Comparison of the Formation of the Complex, Sensitized Erythrocyte- Complement (EAC′ 1,4,2) in Hæmolytic Systems differing in their Hæmolysin and Complement-fixing Activities. Nature 183, 331–332 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183331a0
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