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Leukocyte depletion attenuates expression of neutrophil adhesion molecules during cardiopulmonary bypass in human beings
From the Divisions of Cardiovascular Surgery,a Cardiology,b and Immunologyc and the Department of Public Health,d Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Supported by grants from the National Science Council of the Republic of China (NSC 88−2314−B-037−095).
Received for publication March 16, 2001. Revisions requested May 14, 2001; revisions received July 25, 2001. Accepted for publication July 26, 2001.
Address for reprints: Ying-Fu Chen, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (E-mail: yfchen@cc.kmu.edu.tw).