Defective neutrophil function in low-birth-weight, premature infants.
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Defective neutrophil function in low-birth-weight, premature infants.
A whole-blood technique was used to measure simultaneously neutrophil migration, uptake, and killing of candida in 27 premature infants of low birth weight (less than 1500 g). Neutrophil migration was consistently reduced, especially in the first two weeks of life. Phagocytosis was also reduced, particularly in the first week of life and in sick patients. Killing was usually normal, except in s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.34.4.366