A quantitative evaluation of mucosal eosinophils in the pediatric gastrointestinal tract

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-114

  Lowichik, A ^a   Weinberg, A G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecum; EG2; Eosinophils; Gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029964453     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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