Peripheral blood neutrophil rheology measured by micropore filtration reflects Behcet's disease activity well

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-50

  Iijima, Shigeruko ^a,b   Otsuka, Fujio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Blood rheology; Micropore filtration time; Neutrophil activity

Indexed keywords

FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030860008     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(97)00599-9     Document Type: Article

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