Neutrophils in mucosal secretion are functionally active

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 404-409

  Ebenfelt, A ^a   Lundqvist, H ^b   Dahlgren, C ^b   Lundberg, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cellular defence; mucosal secretion; neutrophil function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS; YEAST;

EID: 0029830212     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-846.x     Document Type: Article

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