Feline Vaccine-associated Fibrosarcoma: Morphologic Distinctions

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-41

  Couto, S S ^a   Griffey, S M ^a   Duarte, P C ^a   Madewell, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline vaccine associated sarcomas; inflammation; microvascularity; multinucleated giant cells; myofibroblasts; proliferation; tumor grade

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CELL DIVISION; FIBROSARCOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VACCINATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CELL DIVISION; FIBROSARCOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RECURRENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036043966     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15444221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.39-1-33     Document Type: Article

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