Serum C3 levels are diagnostically more sensitive and specific for systemic lupus erythematosus activity than are serum C4 levels. The Lupus Nephritis Collaborative Study Group.

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Published in Am J Kidney Dis on December 01, 1991

Authors

D M Ricker1, L A Hebert, R Rohde, D D Sedmak, E J Lewis, J D Clough

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine and Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus.

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