Perivascular mast cells in urticaria pigmentosa

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Sweet, William L ^a   Smoller, Bruce R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY; URTICARIA; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0029894599     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01474.x     Document Type: Article

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