Gastrointestinal spindle cell tumours of the dog: Histological and immunohistochemical study

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-293

  Bettini, G ^a   Morini, M ^a   Marcato, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Gastrointestinal tumours; Spindle cell tumours; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EMBEDDING; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MESENCHYMOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0142182194     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9975(03)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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