The mast cells of the multiple sclerosis brain

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Ibrahim, Mohamed Z M ^a,b,c   Reder, Anthony T ^b   Lawand, Rola ^a   Takash, Wafaa ^a   Sallouh Khatib, Sawsan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

IgE; Mast cells; Multiple sclerosis; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030298349     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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