Histopathological changes in the pituitary glands of female hamsters infected with the 139H strain of scrapie

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-304

  Ye, X ^a   Carp, R I ^a  

^a Jefferson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONGO RED; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; THIOFLAVINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; SCRAPIE AGENT; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0029891156     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(96)80051-X     Document Type: Article

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