Immunoreactivity of A103, an antibody to Melan A, in canine steroid-producing tissues and their tumors

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 328-332

  Ramos Vara, José A ^a   Beissenherz, Marilyn E ^a   Miller, Margaret A ^a   Johnson, Gayle C ^a   Kreeger, John M ^a   Pace, Lanny W ^a   Turk, James R ^a   Turnquist, Susan E ^a   Watson, Gary L ^b   Yamini, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MART1 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035408527     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300408     Document Type: Article

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