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. 1978 Feb;37(1):9–11. doi: 10.1136/ard.37.1.9

Neutrophil chemotaxis in ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's disease, and polymyalgia rheumatica.

A G Mowat
PMCID: PMC1000180  PMID: 629611

Abstract

Neutrophil chemotaxis was found to be normal in 14 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, in 10 patients with Reiter's disease, and in 8 patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.

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