RECRUITMENT, DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOTYPES OF MAST CELLS IN INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 163 (3), 1009-1015
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67873-1
Abstract
Purpose: Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic disabling condition of unknown etiology. One of its major characteristics is an increase in mast cells (MC) showing signs of activation. It has been...Keywords
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