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Abnormal neutrophil chemotaxis in Gaucher disease.
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 1993
Aker M, Zimran A, Abrahamov A, Horowitz M, Matzner Y
Abstract excerpt
The tendency towards infection described in Gaucher disease patients has been attributed to their post-splenectomy state. We noticed that certain patients with intact spleen have also suffered from recurrent pyogenic infections, thus an attempt to study their neutrophil function has been made. Nine of 29 patients studied expressed significant decrease in neutrophil chemotaxis directed towards zymosan activated...
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