Post-mortem assay of a laboratory marker of mast cell activation: Serum tryptase. Preliminary study of specificity;Dosage post-mortem d'un marqueur biologique d'activation mastocytaire, la tryptase serique etude preliminaire de specificite

Revue Francaise d'Allergologie et d'Immunologie Clinique

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 827-831

  Petit, N ^a   Moneret Vautrin, D A ^b   Sainte Laudy, J ^c   Kanny, G ^b   Vedel, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE CERBA   (France)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Cot death; Forensic specificity; Post mortem; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAST CELL;

EID: 0031408012     PISSN: 03357457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0335-7457(97)80005-6     Document Type: Article

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