Diagnostic and subdiagnostic accumulation of mast cells in the bone marrow of patients with anaphylaxis: Monoclonal mast cell activation syndrome

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-164

  Sonneck, Karoline ^a   Florian, Stefan ^a   Müllauer, Leonhard ^a   Wimazal, Friedrich ^a   Födinger, Manuela ^a   Sperr, Wolfgang R ^a   Valent, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; CD2; CD25; KIT mutation; Mastocytosis; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BEE STING; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MASTOCYTOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; WASP;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; BEES; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS, SYSTEMIC; TRYPTASES; WASPS;

EID: 33846230873     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096442     Document Type: Article

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