Complement C3 (s) (Serum (s), frozen)

Specimens:	1 ml Serum (s), frozen
Method:	Nephelometry
Dimension:	g/l
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	1 day
Indication/Significance:	Suspected immune complex disease Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), generalised vasculitis, glomerulonephritis, cryoglobulinaemia Assessment of the progress and determination of the activity of immune complex diseases Suspected hereditary complement defect Relapsing infections, in particular with neisserosis and pneumococci Auto-immune diseases frequently with C4-, C2-, C3- and C1-inhibitor deficiency
Interpretation:	Increased in the case more… Increased in the case of: Acute and chronic infections (acute phase protein) Decreased in the case of: Diseases with complement synthesis defect, hereditary angioneurotic oedema, lupus erythematosus, glomerulonephritis, dermatomyositis Diseases with complement consumption: Immunohaemolytic anaemias, glomerulonephritis with circulating immune complexes, cryoglobulinaemia, SLE, rheumatoid nephritis, generalised vasculitides close
Further tests:	CH50, possibly further complement components C2 to C9 complement components

both sex
	0,90 - 1,80 g/l