Open AccessAnalysis of colonic mucosa mast cell count in patients with chronic diarrhea
Author(s) -
Ali ZareMirzaie,
Maryam Lotfi,
Alireza Sadeghipour,
Mohammad-Taghi Haghi-Ashtiani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.101128
Subject(s) - medicine , high power field , diarrhea , mast cell , tryptase , gastroenterology , staining , immunohistochemistry , pathology , population , immunology , environmental health
Chronic diarrhea is defined as a decrease in fecal consistency lasting for four or more weeks. Prevalence of this complication in the general population is 5%. Mast cells that play an important role in the regulation of gastrointestinal visceral sensitivity and vascular permeability may be involved in functional chronic diarrhea. In this study we tried to evaluate mast cells density in colonic mucosa of patients with chronic diarrhea.