Hematological characteristics of rats spontaneously developing eosinophilia

Experimental Animals

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-215

  Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Matsushita, Norifumi ^a   Tomozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Tagawa, Yoh Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Hematology; Model animal; Rat institute of

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIVISION; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIVISION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034218250     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.49.211     Document Type: Article

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