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gogetit
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12/23/05 - 06:32 AM

A newborn child has failure of separation of the umblical cord.Histological sections of the surgically removed cord reveal an absence of neutrophil margination and emigration in to the interstitial tissue.The clinical and the histologic findings in this case are most closely associated with a defect in...
A activation of the complement system
B microtibule polimerization
c the respiratory burst mxm
d an adhesion molecule in neutrophils
E the production of myeloperoxidase

gotu
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12/23/05 - 06:50 AM

d...LAD

ssrpk
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12/23/05 - 08:04 AM

I am confused between B and D, however as chediac higashi syndrome encompasses a vast array of clinical signs (bleeding, recurrent infections, nerve defects, albinism etc.) i would also go with D LAD..

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druas
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12/23/05 - 08:50 AM

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) and its from goljan patho...but with a little bit of change in answer choices...A congenital leukocyte adhesion molecule defect prevent saperation of the umblical cord.Histologic section of the cord shows an absence of neutrophils adhesion to to vessel endothelium and an absence of neutrophil in the interstitial tissue.

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12/23/05 - 08:50 AM

i mean answer is D

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