Blood cells

Part three - Granulocytes and monocytes

Campbell, Ken MSc

Ken Campbell, MSc Clinical Oncology, is clinical information officer, Leukaemia Research Fund (written in a private capacity).

This article has been double-blind peer-reviewed.

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Nursing Times 101(42):p 26-27, October 18, 2005.

This article, the third in a series on blood cells, describes two types of white blood cells: granulocytes and monocytes. These along with lymphocytes, which will be discussed in the next article in this series, are responsible for the immune response.