Evidence of mast cell activity in the middle ears of children with otitis media with effusion

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 471-477

  Hurst, David S ^c   Amin, Kawa ^a   Sevéus, Lahja ^a   Venge, Per ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Box 4548 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033031324     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199903000-00024     Document Type: Article

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