Mast cells in pterygium: Number and phenotype

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-79

  Nakagami, Tetsushi ^a,b   Murakami, Akira ^b   Okisaka, Shigekuni ^b   Ebihara, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Chymase; Mast cells; Pterygium; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAST CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTERYGIUM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; CHYMASES; COLORING AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PTERYGIUM; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0032937738     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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