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Anticomplementary Action of Aspirin

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THE role of complement (C′) in allergy1,2, anaphyl-axis3,4, and the possible role of antigen–antibody reactions, and thus also of C′5 in rheumatism and general fever phenomena, induced us to determine whether classical antidotes against these diseases, like aspirin (acetyl-salicylic acid)6, salicylic acid, quinine and cortisone, have any anticomplementary action.

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    C. J. VAN OSS, J. C. FRIEDMANN & M. FONTAINE

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VAN OSS, C., FRIEDMANN, J. & FONTAINE, M. Anticomplementary Action of Aspirin. Nature 189, 147 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189147a0

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