increased number of mast cells at the site of infection is widely regarded as important host defense against parasites. the kinetics of mucosal mast cells and connective tissue mast cells responses were studied in the intestines of 68 female cflp mice infected with 100 schistosoma mansoni cercariae. the number of mucosal mast cells and the connective tissue mast cells increased from week 3 and ...

In several reports (1941a, b, 1942, 1944, 1948) published during recent years Professor Nanna Svartz has -claimed good results in the treatment of rheumatic polyarthritis from the use of a sulphapyridine compound. The drug, which has been given the name salazopyrin, is obtained by the chemical combination of salicylic acid and sulphapyridine and has the formula 4-/pyridyl (2) amido sulphonyl/-3...

The papillary layer of the oral part of the human soft palate was studied in 31 subjects of different age by means of histological, immunohistochemical and scanning electron microscopical methods. For scanning electron microscopy a new maceration method was introduced. Results determine epithelial thickness, height and density of connective tissue papillae and their 3-dimensional architecture i...