Effects of carbamazepine on human PMN function: Possible role of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 832, Issue , 1997, Pages 130-134

  Caldiroli, E ^a   Fietta, A M ^a   De Ponti, F ^a   Cosentino, M ^a   Marino, F ^a   Taddei, M ^a   Lecchini, S ^a   Frigo, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

4' CHLORODIAZEPAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031574127     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46242.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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