Ultrastructural study of cutaneous lesions in feline eosinophilic granuloma complex

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 297-303

  Bardagí, Mar ^a   Fondati, Alessandra ^a   Fondevila, Dolors ^a   Ferrer, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cat; Collagen; Cytolysis; Eosinophilic granuloma complex; Piecemeal degranulation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0346339781     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2003.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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