Article
[Neutrophil chemotactic dysfunction in multitransfused thalassemia patients].
Sangre - 1 Aug 1993
Palacios M F, Testoni R A, Ballart I J, de Miani S A, Díez R A, Estevez M E, Sen L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate the chemotactic capability of neutrophils in thalassaemic patients under poly-transfusion regimens and in thalassaemia carriers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-one patients in multi-transfusion regimen diagnosed in the Ricardo Gutiérrez Children Hospital were studied. Of them,...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Chemotaxis
- Child
- Female
- Genotype
- Hematology
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neutrophils
- Phagocytosis
- Transfusion Reaction
- beta-Thalassemia