Feline intraocular tumors may arise from transformation of lens epithelium

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-362

  Zeiss, C J ^a   Johnson, E M ^a   Dubielzig, R R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Crystallin; Intraocular; Lens epithelium; Sarcoma; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MELAN A; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; VACCINE; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSARCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LENS EPITHELIUM; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMA; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EPITHELIUM; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; LENS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIUM; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA;

EID: 0141923559     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-4-355     Document Type: Article

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