Immunohistochemical study of fibroblasts and mast cells in chronic submandibular sialadenitis

Oral Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-263

  Epivatianos, A ^a   Zaraboukas, T ^b   Poulopoulos, A ^a,d   Harrison, J D ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dental School   (Greece)

Author keywords

CD34 positive fibrocytes; Chronic sialadenitis; Fibrosis; Mast cells; Myofibroblasts; Salivary glands; Submandibular gland

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; TRYPTASE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALOADENITIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ACTINS; ANTIGENS, CD34; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DESMIN; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAST CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SIALADENITIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND DISEASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 40749132954     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2007.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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