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Immune System Diseases > Mast Cell Activation Disorders

Preferred term

Mast Cell Activation Disorders  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A spectrum of primary, secondary, and idiopathic disorders involving MAST CELLS and characterized by an aberrant release of mast cell mediators which result in multiple and variable inflammatory and allergic symptoms. These disorders are associated with various mutations in tyrosine kinase KIT (PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT) and other genes, underlying conditions, and responses to allergic or non-allergic triggers of mast cell stimulation and degranulation such as local anesthetics, lactam antibiotics, muscle relaxants, specific foods, environmental toxins, physical conditions such as vibration, cold, pressure, and stress.

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Entry terms

  • Mast Cell Activation Disease
  • Mast Cell Disease
  • Mast-Cell Disease

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KHBHJ973-G

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