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Phenotypic characterization of skin lesions in urticaria pigmentosa and mastocytomas.
Archives of dermatological research - 1 Jan 1995
Haas N, Hamann K, Grabbe J, Algermissen B, Czarnetzki B M
Abstract excerpt
In order to identify possible cellular abnormalities in human mastocytosis, sections from 13 urticaria pigmentosa lesions and 5 mastocytomas were compared with 5 normal skin specimens using histochemical, enzyme histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques. All toluidine blue-positive mast cells also reacted with Fc epsilon RI and c-kit antibodies, almost all stained for tryptase, many for chymase and the...
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