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Mastocytosis in Childhood

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Mastocytosis is a disease characterized by accumulation of mast cells in the skin and/or other connective tissue structures.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, DK-2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark

    J Søndergaard

  2. Department of Dermatology, Rigshospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2400, Copenhagen, Denmark

    G. Asboe-Hansen

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  1. Afdeling Huidziekten, Sint Radboudziekenhuis, Javastraat 104, NL-6524 MJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Rudolf Happle

  2. Clinique Dermatologique, 1, Place de l’Hôpital, F-67091, Strasbourg, France

    Edouard Grosshans

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Søndergaard, J., Asboe-Hansen, G. (1987). Mastocytosis in Childhood. In: Happle, R., Grosshans, E. (eds) Pediatric Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71524-2_20

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