A METHOD FOR ASSESSING PHAGOCYTE CLEARANCE RATES IN MAN

1 August 1975

journal article
Published by Wiley in Immunology & Cell Biology

Vol. 53 (4) , 333-336
https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1975.37

Abstract

By comparing the clearance rates of ICG and ^99mTc-sulphur colloid from the blood stream, it has been possible to provide a method for assessing the phagocytic activity of the reticulo-endothelial system in man.

Keywords

IMMUNOLOGY
CELL BIOLOGY
IMMUNITY
IMMUNE RESPONSE
T-CELLS
B-CELLS
ALLERGY
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
NATURE JOURNALS
AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOLOGY
TUMOUR IMMUNOLOGY