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Mastocytosis

How is it diagnosed?

Diagnosis for mastocytosis can be confirmed by skin biopsy, blood tests and scans of the internal organs or bones. A bone marrow biopsy is the best test for systemic mastocytosis.

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Medical text written February 2008 by Contact a Family. Approved February 2008 by Dr Clive Grattan, Consultant Dermatologist, St.Johns Institute of Dermatology, St.Thomas’s Hospital, London, UK.

 

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