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. 1993 Mar;86(3):139–140. doi: 10.1177/014107689308600307

Cigarette smoking increases white blood cell aggregation in whole blood.

A B Bridges 1, A Hill 1, J J Belch 1
PMCID: PMC1293901  PMID: 8459375

Abstract

We studied the effect of chronic cigarette smoking on white blood cell aggregation, increased aggregation predisposes to microvascular occlusion and damage. Current smokers had significantly increased white blood cell aggregation when compared with non smokers. The presence of chronically activated white blood cells in current smokers may be relevant in the pathogenesis of ischaemic vascular disease.

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