Immunohistochemical study of the presence of mast cells in idiopathic orbital inflammatory pseudotumor: Possible role of mast cells in the course of its pathogenesis

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Yan, Jianhua ^a   Li, Yongping ^a   Qiu, Haijiang ^a   Lu, Guilan ^a   Wu, Zhongyao ^a   Lin, Jianxian ^a   Zhang, Wenxin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Idiopathic; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Mast cell; Orbit

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; COLLAGEN FIBER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; ORBIT PSEUDOTUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL, ORBITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 34447101450     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9061-x     Document Type: Article

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