Mast cells in the cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis: Their subtypes and the relationship to systemic manifestations

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-66

  Amano, Hiroo ^a   Kurosawa, Motohiro ^b   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a   Chihara, Junichi ^b   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I converting enzyme; Chymase; Mast cells; Sarcoidosis; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0033848418     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(00)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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