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Accumulation, distribution and phenotype heterogeneity of mast cells (MC) in human brains with neurocysticercosis.
Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 2001
Maślińiska D, Dambska M, Kaliszek A, Maśliński S
Abstract excerpt
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the most common parasitic brain infections in the world NCC can cause widely varied clinical manifestations, mainly due to the host immune-inflammatory response. The immunological hallmark of the infection with helminth parasites is infiltration into the inflamed mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract of numerous mast cells. It has been postulated that mediators released by...
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