Tryptase detection in bone-marrow blood: A new diagnostic tool in systemic mastocytosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-457

  Proelss, Julia ^a   Wenzel, Joerg ^a   Ko, Yon ^b   Bieber, Thomas ^a   Bauer, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Johanniter Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; MASTOCYTOSIS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TRYPTASES;

EID: 33847054739     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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