Case report: Pineocytoma in a male Fischer 344 rat

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 294-297

  Heath, James E ^a   Winokur, Thomas S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Imunohistochemistry; Neoplasm; Pineal parenchymal cell tumor; Rat; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031970047     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339802600217     Document Type: Article

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