Hyperkeratosis-associated coryneform infection in severe combined immunodeficient mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-336

  Scanziani, E ^a,e   Gobbi, A ^b   Crippa, L ^c   Giusti, A M ^b   Pesenti, E ^d   Cavalletti, E ^c   Luini, M ^b  

^a Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria e Patologia Aviare   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c Boehringer Ingelheim Italia SpA   (Italy)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria e Patologia Aviare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acanthosis; Corynebacterium sp.; HAC infection; Hyperkeratosis; Nude mice; SCID mice

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ACTINOMYCETALES; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; FEMALE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NECK; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 0031854314     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367798780559239     Document Type: Article

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