A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome: Flow Cytometric Analysis of the Surface Activation Markers of Peripheral Eosinophils.
Summary of "A Case of Churg-Strauss Syndrome: Flow Cytometric Analysis of the Surface Activation Markers of Peripheral Eosinophils."
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Affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, 54, Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Acta dermato-venereologica
ISSN: 1651-2057
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22688790
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1384
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Churg-strauss Syndrome
Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from POLYARTERITIS NODOSA.
Polyarteritis Nodosa
A form of necrotizing non-granulomatous inflammation occurring primarily in medium-sized ARTERIES, often with microaneurysms. It is characterized by muscle, joint, and abdominal pain resulting from arterial infarction and scarring in affected organs. Polyarteritis nodosa with lung involvement is called CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME.
Flow Injection Analysis
The analysis of a chemical substance by inserting a sample into a carrier stream of reagent using a sample injection valve that propels the sample downstream where mixing occurs in a coiled tube, then passes into a flow-through detector and a recorder or other data handling device.
Body Surface Potential Mapping
Recording of regional electrophysiological information by analysis of surface potentials to give a complete picture of the effects of the currents from the heart on the body surface. It has been applied to the diagnosis of old inferior myocardial infarction, localization of the bypass pathway in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, recognition of ventricular hypertrophy, estimation of the size of a myocardial infarct, and the effects of different interventions designed to reduce infarct size. The limiting factor at present is the complexity of the recording and analysis, which requires 100 or more electrodes, sophisticated instrumentation, and dedicated personnel. (Braunwald, Heart Disease, 4th ed)
Thermal Conductivity
The heat flow across a surface per unit area per unit time, divided by the negative of the rate of change of temperature with distance in a direction perpendicular to the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
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