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The in vitro action of hydrocortisone on leucocyte migration
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
|February 1, 1958
Abstract:
Hydrocortisone inhibits the ameboid migration of human leucocytes when added in vitro. The dose-response curve for the reaction between this steroid and leucocytes can be best expressed by a logarithmic plot of the steroid concentrations. Tetrahydrocortisone and desoxycorticosterone had no effect on in vitro leucotyte migration.
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