A modified leucocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test as a sensitive marker for revealing inflammatory response in patients with acute infections

Medical Science Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 551-554

  Zeltser, David ^a,b   Kassirer, Michael ^a   Sasson, Yifaat ^a   Rogowski, Ori ^a   Leibovitz, Eyal ^a   Sarafian, Farjad ^a   Urbach, Joseph ^a   Arber, Nadir ^a   Aronson, Moshe ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesive molecule; Inflammation; Leucocyte aggregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

EID: 0031666784     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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