Pediatric cutaneous mastocytosis: A review of 180 patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 320-322

  Ben Amitai, Dan ^a,c   Metzker, Aryeh ^a,c   Cohen, Herman A ^b,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Pediatric Ambulatory Center   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Flushing; Mast cells; Mastocytosis; Urticaria pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOCYTOMA; MELENA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MASTOCYTOMA; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; PROGNOSIS; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 18744387717     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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