Systemic mastocytosis in adults: 2013 update on diagnosis, risk stratification, and management

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 612-624

  Pardanani, Animesh ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; CD2 ANTIGEN; CETIRIZINE; CIMETIDINE; CLADRIBINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DASATINIB; FAMOTIDINE; FEXOFENADINE; HYDROXYUREA; HYDROXYZINE; IMATINIB; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MIDOSTAURIN; MONTELUKAST; OMEPRAZOLE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PANTOPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; RISEDRONIC ACID; TRYPTASE; ZAFIRLUKAST; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT DISEASE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CONFUSION; CYTOPENIA; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HEARTBURN; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; MISSENSE MUTATION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PRURITUS; SOMATIC MUTATION; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD2; BENZAMIDES; BONE MARROW; CLADRIBINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS, SYSTEMIC; MUTATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PIPERAZINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYRIMIDINES; RISK FACTORS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 84879372052     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23459     Document Type: Article

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