Role of neutrophils in cutaneous leishmaniasis;Rôle des neutrophiles dans la leishmaniose cutanée

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1055-1058

  Daboul, M W ^a  

^a Daboul Medical Laboratory   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 78049329002     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.10.1055     Document Type: Article

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