Mast cell distribution in normal adult skin

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Janssens, A S ^a,b   Heide, R ^a   Den Hollander, J C ^a   Mulder, P G M ^a   Tank, B ^a   Oranje, A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; ARM; CAPILLARY; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CAPILLARIES; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; LEG; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 15044363071     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.017210     Document Type: Article

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