Pulmonary manifestation of systemic mast cell disease

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-625

  Schmidt, M ^a   Dercken, C ^a   Loke, O ^a   Reimann, S ^a   Diederich, S ^a   Blasius, S ^b   Heidenreich, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interferon; Lung infiltration; Mast cell; Mastocytosis; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034062249     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15.32.x     Document Type: Article

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