The inflammation meter: Novel technology to detect the presence of infection/inflammation in patients without leukocytosis but with increased leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-21

  Maharshak, Nitsan ^a   Kassirer, Michael ^a   Zeltser, David ^a   Rotstein, Riva ^a   Rogowski, Ori ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Deutsch, Varda ^a   Arber, Nadir ^a   Eldor, Amiram ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Leukocyte adhesiveness aggregation; Leukocytosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD11 ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033662792     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000041063     Document Type: Article

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