Mastocytosis: Reactive or neoplastic?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 525-527

  Krober S M ^a   Horny, H P ^a   Ruck, P ^a   Kammerer U ^c   Geiselhart, A ^b   Handgretinger, R ^b   Griesser, H ^b   Menke, D M ^d   Kaiserling, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonality; HUMARA; Mastocytosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030792218     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.6.525     Document Type: Article

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