Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis is accompanied by increased mast cell numbers in the absence of leucocyte infiltration

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1060-1066

  Anderson, D F ^a,d   Macleod, J D A ^a   Baddeley, S M ^a   Bacon, A S ^b   Mcgill, J I ^b   Holgate, S T ^c   Roche, W R ^c  

^a University Pathology   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Conjunctivitis; Eosinophil; Eye; Granulocyte; Mast cell; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SEASONS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030816459     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01258.x     Document Type: Article

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