90 years on: A therapy to 'stimulate the phagocytes'?

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-126

  Turner, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL STIMULATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

CARRIER PROTEINS; COLLECTINS; HUMANS; PHAGOCYTES;

EID: 0031843072     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00412.x     Document Type: Review

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