Elsevier, Year Book of Sports Medicine, (2008), p. 119-120
DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0908(08)79217-1
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Objective: To discuss the acute phase of inflammatory response with a focus on the neutrophilic response and its role in inflammation. We discuss the relative balance between the need for inflammation to stimulate repair and the need to limit inflammation because of the additional damage it causes.