Mast cells in surgically resected appendices

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-233

  Mysorekar, Vijaya V ^a,b   Chanda, Sudakshina ^a   Dandeka, Chitralekha P ^a  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b RMV Extension Stage II   (India)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Eosinophils; Hypersensitivity; Mast cells; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33747795913     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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