Mast cell heterogeneity in the human uvea

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 381-386

  May, C Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIARY DISK; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEA;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; CHYMASES; CILIARY BODY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TISSUE FIXATION; TRYPTASES; UVEA;

EID: 0032737712     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050420     Document Type: Article

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