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Systemic Mastocytosis Causing Refractory Pruritus in a Liver Disease Patient

Systemic mastocytosis (SM) results from clonal, neoplastic proliferation of abnormal mast cells. Patients become susceptible to itching, urticaria, and anaphylactic shock, which occurs due to histamine release from mast cells. SM may coexist alongside other systemic diseases, thus confounding the ov...

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Autores principales: Addepally, Naga S., Klair, Jagpal S., Girotra, Mohit, Jones, Johnny, Aduli, Farshad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27921051
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.125