Phenotypic characterization of human skin mast cells by combined staining with toluidine blue and CD antibodies

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 689-695

  Ghannadan, Minoo ^a   Baghestanian, Mehrdad ^a   Wimazal, Friedrich ^a   Eisenmenger, Michael ^b   Latal, Dieter ^b   Kargül, Gülriz ^a   Walchshofer, Sabine ^a   Sillaber, Christian ^a   Lechner, Klaus ^a   Valent, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

c kit; C5aR; Cutaneous mast cells; Histamine; IgER

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 7344264991     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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