Mast cells in pathological and surgical scars

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 691-694

  Beer, T W ^a,c   Baldwin, H ^b   West, L ^a   Gallagher, P J ^a   Wright, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KELOID; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

EID: 0031750045     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.6.691     Document Type: Article

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