Interactions between Candida species and platelets

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-110

  Willcox, M D P ^a,b   Webb, B C ^b   Thakur, A ^a   Harty, D W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Institute of Dental Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0031976141     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-2-103     Document Type: Article

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