Immunosuppression following thermal injury: The pathogenesis of immunodysfunction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 615-623

  O'Sullivan, S T ^a,b   O'Connor, T P F ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG BURN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MONOCYTE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0031455122     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)90507-5     Document Type: Review

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