The leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test (LAAT) conveys information of biological relevance and is not a result of chance collision. Something more than another hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-343

  Rotstein, R ^a   Mardi, T ^a   Justo, D ^a   Zeltser, D ^a   Berliner, S ^a   Shapira, I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036732685     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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