The Diagnosis and Prognosis of Synovial Tumors in Dogs: 35 Cases

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-73

  Craig, L E ^a   Julian, M E ^a   Ferracone, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD18; cytokeratin; dogs; histiocytic sarcoma; histiocytosis; immunohistochemistry; joint; malignant; myxoma; myxosarcoma; neoplasia; synovial cell sarcoma; synovium

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SYNOVIUM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; PROGNOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036048538     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15444221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.39-1-66     Document Type: Article

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