The mast cell: A neuroimmunoendocrine master player

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Theoharides, T C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MAST CELL; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEURONS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029738575     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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