Cutaneous onchocerciasis: Immunohistochemical detection of mast cell population

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-91

  Fernandez Flores, Angel ^a   Alija, Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL EL BIERZO   (Spain)

^b Service of Cellular Pathology   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN NODULE; ANIMAL; ONCHOCERCA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749107010     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e31817738aa     Document Type: Letter

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