KIT masters mast cells in kids, too

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 648-650

  Kambe, Naotomo ^a   Longley, B Jack ^b   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^c   Kabashima, Kenji ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CODON; ERYTHEMA ANNULARE CENTRIFUGUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 76649103045     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.291     Document Type: Note

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