Accumulation of mast cells in the interstitium of eosinophilic colitis

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 228-230

  Inamura, H ^a   Kashiwase, Y ^a   Morioka, J ^a   Suzuki, K ^a   Igarashi, Y ^a   Kurosawa, M ^a  

^a Shin Ohra Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic colitis; Mast cell

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FOOD ANTIGEN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COLITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERSTITIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAST CELL; PARASITOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 33845310365     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13094031     Document Type: Article

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