Stereological quantification of mast cells in human synovium

APMIS

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-317

  Damsgaard, Tine Engberg ^a,b   Sørensen, Flemming Brandt ^a   Herlin, Troels ^a   Schiøtz, Peter Oluf ^a  

^a University Institute of Pathology Arhus   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mast cell; Osteoarthritis; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAST CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEREOMETRY; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0032914458     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01559.x     Document Type: Article

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