monocyte
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Introduction
1/2 life in blood of 12-24 hours. They leave the circulation by diapedesis more slowly than neutrophils & there differentiate into macrophages.
Monocytes may be infected by the HIV virus.
Laboratory
- monocytes in body fluid
More general terms
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References
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 334-35