Quantitative and ultrastructural analysis of rectal mucosal mast cells in acute infectious diarrhea

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2111-2116

  Pulimood, Anna B ^a,b   Mathan, Minnie M ^a   Mathan, V I ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholera; Mast cell; Rectal mucosa; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECTUM MUCOSA; SHIGELLOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MAST CELLS;

EID: 0031717746     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018875718392     Document Type: Article

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