The leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test as an inflammation-related, plasma-dependent agglutination phenomenon

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 593-601

  Zeltser, D ^a   Kassirer, M ^a   Shapira, I ^a   Rogowski, O ^a   Regev, D ^a   Leibovitz, E ^a   Arber, N ^a   Aronson, M ^a   Berliner, S ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecule; Leukergy

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; SELECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032415625     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519850186229     Document Type: Article

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