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In order to elucidate whether basophilic cells in nasal secretion belong to blood basophil or tissue mast cell, basophilic cells in the blood, nasal secretion, and nasal mucous membrane were electron microscopically observed in patients with house dust nasal allergy. The majority of basophilic cells in the nasal secretion was identical with the blood basophil in structure. The blood basophils pass through the vessels and emigrate in the mucous blanket in allergy.
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Okuda, M., Kawabori, S. & Otsuka, H. Electron microscope study of basophilic cells in allergic nasal secretions. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 221, 215–220 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01886298
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