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Mast cells are augmented in deep vein thrombosis and express a profibrinolytic phenotype.
Human pathology - 1 Feb 1999
Bankl H C, Grossschmidt K, Pikula B, Bankl H, Lechner K, Valent P
Abstract excerpt
A number of recent data suggest that mast cells (MC) and their products are involved in the pathophysiology of thrombosis. In the current study, we have evaluated the number, distribution, and phenotype of MC in patients with deep vein thrombosis of the lower limb (DVT) (n = 15). Contralateral nonthrombosed limb veins served as control (CO). MC were examined by Giemsa staining and by immunohistochemistry using...
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