Immunophenotypic characterization and quantification of the epithelial inflammatory infiltrate in eosinophilic esophagitis through stereology: An analysis of the cellular mechanisms of the disease and the immunologic capacity of the esophagus

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 598-606

  Lucendo, Alfredo J ^a,c   Navarro, Marta ^a   Comas, Carmen ^a   Pascual, Juan M ^a   Burgos, Emilio ^a   Santamaría, Luis ^b   Larrauri, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergic esophagitis; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Esophagus; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Stereology

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; STEREOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MAST CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34147148738     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213392.49698.8c     Document Type: Article

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