Summary
Intravenous drug abusers have a deficit of monocyte chemotaxis. “In vitro” ascorbic acid restores the impaired chemotaxis.
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Abbreviations
- CI:
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Chemotactic index
- EAS:
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Endotoxin-activating serum
- IDA:
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Intravenous drug abusers
- PBM:
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Peripheral blood monocytes
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Lopez, A.J., Palomo, D.G., Castrillon, J.L.P. et al. “In vitro” improvement of defective monocyte chemotaxis in intravenous drug abusers after incubation with ascorbic acid. Klin Wochenschr 65, 625–626 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01726674
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01726674