Unusual Immunophenotype of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma in a European Polecat (Mustela putorius)

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-44

  Zaias, Julia ^a   Kornegay, R Wayne ^a   Altman, Norman H ^a   Herron, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FERRET; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; FERRETS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENOTYPE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035228320     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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