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Platelets are covercytes, not phagocytes: Uptake of bacteria involves channels of the open canalicular system

James G. White Departments of Pediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, MMC Box 490, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 121-131 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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