Correlation of Mast Cells with Spindle Cell Hyperplasia in the Adrenal Cortex of IQI/Jic Mice

Experimental Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-109

  Kim, Jong Soo ^a,b   Kubota, Hisayo ^a   Doi, Kunio ^b   Saegusa, Junzo ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; IQI Jic mouse; Mast cell; Spindle cell (type a cell) hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY; STAINING;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031112480     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.46.103     Document Type: Article

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