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Dedicated to supporting patients affected by Mastocytosis or Mast Cell Activation Disorders as well as their families, caregivers, and physicians through research, education, and advocacy.
Dedicated to supporting patients affected by Mastocytosis or Mast Cell Activation Disorders as well as their families, caregivers, and physicians through research, education, and advocacy.
In the early to mid-20th century, all forms of mast cell disease were undifferentiated and were grouped under the name mastocytosis. Mastocytosis specifically means "an abnormal increase in the number of mast cells," but we now know that definition, taken from the root words, relates to some very specific mast cell disorders, and may not apply to others. Some of the research done in the latter part of the 20th century laid the groundwork for much of the work done today. Over the last 30 years, there has been an explosion of interest in, and research into, the various mast cell diseases, resulting in many different categories being defined, and the definitions are still evolving.
The Mastocytosis Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting patients affected by Mastocytosis or Mast Cell Activation Disorders as well as their families, caregivers, and physicians through research, education, and advocacy.
1. In search of a cure for Cutaneous Mastocytosis and Urticaria Pigmentosa.
2. In search of a cure for Systemic Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Activation Disorders.
3. For more information, please go to http://www.tmsforacure.org