Is there any correlation between the total number of neutrophils in plasma and concentration of interleukin-8 in psoriatic patients?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 867-870

  Pietrzak, Aldona ^a   Koziol Montewka, Maria ^a   Lecewicz Torun, Barbara ^a   Krasowska, Dorota ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood; IL 8 level; Neutrophils; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CODING; PSORIASIS; RELAPSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0033780838     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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