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Mastocytosis: state of the art.
Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jan 2007
Horny Hans-Peter, Sotlar Karl, Valent Peter
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Mastocytosis is a neoplastic disease involving mast cells (MC) and their CD34+ progenitors. Symptoms in mastocytosis are caused by biological mediators released from MC and/or the infiltration of neoplastic MC in various organs, the skin and the bone marrow being predominantly involved. A WHO consensus classification for mastocytosis exists, which is widely accepted and includes three major categories: (1)...
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