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Increased macrophage activity in psoriasis
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
Macrophages derived from circulating blood monocytes of psoriatic patients demonstrated an enhanced release of beta-glucuronidase and lysozyme compared with macrophages from healthy subjects. The relationship of cell activation to the pathogenesis of psoriasis is discussed.
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