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Characterization of human prostate mast cells and their increase in periprostatic vein thrombosis.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Jul 2001
Bankl H C, Samorapoompichit P, Pikula B, Latinovic L, Bankl H, Lechner K, Valent P
Abstract excerpt
Recent data suggest that mast cells (MCs) and their products are involved in the pathophysiology of thrombosis. In the present study, we analyzed the number, distribution, and phenotype of prostate MCs and periprostatic MCs in patients with unilateral periprostatic vein thrombosis (PVT) by immunohistochemical analysis and electron microscopy. MCs reacted with monoclonal antibodies to tryptase, chymase, and...
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