Pterygium and mast cells: -mast cell number, phenotype, and localization of stem cell factor-

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 662-668

  Nakagami, Tetsushi ^a   Murakami, Akira ^a   Okisaka, Shigekuni ^a   Ebihara, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C kit; Mast cells; Phenotype of mast cells; Pterygium; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; PHENOTYPE; PTERYGIUM;

CELL COUNT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; PHENOTYPE; PTERYGIUM; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0030850988     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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