Mastocytosis: State of the art

Pathobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Horny, Hans Peter ^a,d   Sotlar, Karl ^b   Valent, Peter ^c  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Klinikum Ansbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Immunohistochemistry; Mast cell; Mastocytosis; Systemic mastocytosis

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; IMATINIB; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRYPTASE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BONE MARROW; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD34 SELECTION; CELL INFILTRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

ANTIGENS, CD2; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LEUKEMIA, MAST-CELL; MAST CELLS; MAST-CELL SARCOMA; MASTOCYTOSIS; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; MASTOCYTOSIS, SYSTEMIC; MUTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SKIN; TRYPTASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34250796815     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101711     Document Type: Review

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