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Phenotype of mast cells in the brain tumor. Capillary hemangioblastoma.
Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 1999
Maślińska D, Woźniak R, Kaliszek A, Schmidt-Sidor B, Lipska A, Woolley D E
Abstract excerpt
Mast cells (MC) are heterogenous cell population. In normal human brain they are not numerous. Increases in number of mast cells within CNS occur in certain disease states including neoplasms. In capillary hemangioblastoma several authors reported mast cells as a fourth cell type of the tumor. The aim of the present study was to examine phenotype and distribution of MC in cerebellar capillary hemangioblastoma by...
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