Management of Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Activation in Children.

Abstract excerpt

Mastocytosis is characterized by mast cell infiltration in various tissues and organs. More than half of the patients are children. Pediatric mastocytosis has several features that differentiate the disease from adult mastocytosis. Importantly, the disease, which usually starts in the first months of life or at birth, often shows a transient course with spontaneous resolution in adolescence. In most children,...

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• Tryptases
• Child
• KIT gene
• Mast Cells
• Mastocytosis