Defective monocyte phagocytic function as a possible genetic marker for rheumatic susceptibility

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-43

  Badr El Din, Mostafa Kamal ^a   Madkour, Ahmed Abdel Salam ^a   Badr El Din, Omneya M K ^a   Rashwan, Eman A ^b   Bahr, Raouf S ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c El Raml Hospital   (Egypt)

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EID: 0346938042     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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