Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis and management in young people: a primer

PC Rowe, RA Underhill, KJ Friedman, A Gurwitt… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex disease that
affects children and adolescents as well as adults. The etiology has not been established …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global “consensus-2”

LB Afrin, MB Ackerley, LS Bluestein, JH Brewer… - Diagnosis, 2021 - degruyter.com
The concept that disease rooted principally in chronic aberrant constitutive and reactive
activation of mast cells (MCs), without the gross MC neoplasia in mastocytosis, first emerged …

The relationship between hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS …

A Kohn, C Chang - Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 2020 - Springer
In recent years, an association between hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), mast
cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) has …

Mast cell disorders in Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

SL Seneviratne, A Maitland… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Well known for their role in allergic disorders, mast cells (MCs) play a key role in
homeostatic mechanisms and surveillance, recognizing and responding to different …

Often seen, rarely recognized: mast cell activation disease–a guide to diagnosis and therapeutic options

LB Afrin, JH Butterfield, M Raithel… - Annals of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Mast cell (MC) disease has long been thought to be just the rare disease of mastocytosis (in
various forms, principally cutaneous and systemic), with aberrant MC mediator release at …

Mast cell activation disease: an underappreciated cause of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms and diseases

LB Afrin, D Pöhlau, M Raithel, B Haenisch… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Neurologists and psychiatrists frequently encounter patients whose central and/or peripheral
neurologic and/or psychiatric symptoms (NPS) are accompanied by other symptoms for …

[HTML][HTML] A concise, practical guide to diagnostic assessment for mast cell activation disease

LB Afrin, GJ Molderings - World Journal of Hematology, 2014 - wjgnet.com
As recognition of mast cell (MC) involvement in a range of chronic inflammatory disorders
has increased, diagnosticians' suspicions of MC activation disease (MCAD) in their …

Anaphylaxis as a clinical manifestation of clonal mast cell disorders

A Matito, I Alvarez-Twose, JM Morgado… - Current allergy and …, 2014 - Springer
Clonal mast cell disorders comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by
the presence of gain of function KIT mutations and a constitutively altered activation …

Impaired resolution of wheals in the skin prick test and low diamine oxidase blood level in allergic patients

A Wagner, K Buczyłko… - … in Dermatology and …, 2019 - termedia.pl
Impaired resolution of wheals in the skin prick test and low diamine oxidase blood level in
allergic patients Page 1 Advances in Dermatology and Allergology 5, October / 2019 538 …

Successful mast-cell-targeted treatment of chronic dyspareunia, vaginitis, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding

LB Afrin, TT Dempsey, LS Rosenthal… - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Dyspareunia, vaginitis and dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) are common problems
which, despite their polygenicity, commonly appear idiopathic and treatment-refractory. Mast …