No long-lasting or intermittent mast cell activation in acute coronary syndromes

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Van Haelst, P L ^a   Timmer, J R ^a   Crijns, H J G M ^a   Kauffman, H F ^a   Gans, R O B ^a   Van Doormaal, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Clinical study; Mast cell; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0035088432     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(00)00475-7     Document Type: Article

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