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What are mast cells for?

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  1. the Department of Experimental Haematplogy, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester

    T. M. Dexter

  2. the Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Manchester, UK

    R. W. Stoddart & S. T. A. Quazzaz

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Dexter, T., Stoddart, R. & Quazzaz, S. What are mast cells for?. Nature 291, 110–111 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/291110a0

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