Increased leukocyte aggregation induced by γ-globulin: A clue to the presence of pseudoleukopenia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 320, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-182

  Zeltser, David ^a   Fusman, Renato ^a   Chapman, Joab ^a   Rotstein, Rivka ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Elkayam, Ori ^a   Eldor, Amiram ^a   Arber, Nadir ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leukocyte aggregation; Pseudoleukopenia; Globulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033795521     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40815-8     Document Type: Article

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