Phagocytosis and oxidative burst by neutrophils in patients with recurrent furunculosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1036-1038

  Demircay Z ^a,b   Eksioglu Demiralp E ^a   Ergun, T ^a   Akoglu T ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0031800453     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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