Quantitation of mast cells and collagen fibers in skin tags

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-322

  El Safoury, Omar ^a   Fawzy, Marwa M ^a   El Maadawa, Zeinab M ^b   Mohamed, Dalia H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bismarck brown; Image analyzer; Mast cells; Mean collagen area ; Skin tags

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TAG; SKIN TUMOR; STAINING;

EID: 71949120716     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.57605     Document Type: Article

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