The Equine Endometrial Mast Cell during the Puerperal Period: Evaluation of Mast Cell Numbers and Types in Comparison to Other Inflammatory Changes

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Welle, M M ^a   Audige L ^b   Belz, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chymase; Endometrium; Enzyme immunohistochemical double labeling; Granulocytes; Horses; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Mast cells; Puerperium; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSTOCIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RETAINED PLACENTA; SIDEROSIS;

ANIMALS; DYSTOCIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 0030630887     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589703400104     Document Type: Article

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