Immunocytochemical localization of adrenocorticotropic hormone-immunoreactive cells of the pars intermedia in Thoroughbreds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 920-924

  Okada, Toshiya ^a   Shimomuro, Takeaki ^a   Oikawa, Masaaki ^b   Nambo, Yasuo ^b   Kiso, Yasuo ^a   Morikawa, Yoshio ^a   Liptrap, Robert M ^c   Yamashiro, Shigeto ^c   Little, Peter B ^c   Sasaki, Fumihiko ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADENOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031204721     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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