Studies on phagocytosis and bacterial killing by neutrophil polymorphonuclear leucocytes from healthy volunteers and patients undergoing surgery
Sepsis, despite all the advances of the last 100 years, is still the commonest complication in all branches of surgery. Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (polymorphs) hold pride of place in the host defences against bacterial invasion and are the major cellular constituent of pus. Their prime function is...
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University of Aberdeen
1983
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