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INFLAMMATION

Abstract

In the article the characteristic of ethiology and key parts of pathogenesis of inflammation is given; modern data on the role of adhesive molecules, active forms of oxygen, lipoperoxidation processes, cytokines and other mediators in the development of acute and chronic inflammation are analyzed; the principles of its treatment are substantiated.
Key words: inflammation, phlogogenic agents, alteration, adhesion molecules.

About the Author

P.F. Litvitsky
I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy
Russian Federation


References

1. Acute and Chronic Inflammation. In: Kumar V., Cotran R., Robbins S. Robbins basic Pathology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company. 2003. Chapter 2. P. 33–60.

2. Rheumatology and bone disease in Kumar P., Clark M. Clinical Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company. 2002. Chapter 10. P. 511–586.


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For citations:


Litvitsky P. INFLAMMATION. Current Pediatrics. 2006;5(6):60-63.

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