Morphometrical and stereological analysis of myocardial mast cells in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy

Folia Biologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Petrovic D ^a,b   Zorc, M ^a   Zorc Pleskovic R ^a   Vraspir Porenta, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Mast cells; Morphometrical analysis; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; MYOCARDITIS; STAIN; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033014654     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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