Melanotroph pituitary adenoma in a cat with diabetes mellitus

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-97

  Meij, B P ^a   Van Der Vlugt Meijer, R H ^b   Van Den Ingh, T S G A M ^b   Flik, G ^b   Rijnberk, A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenoma; Cats; Diabetes mellitus; Hypophysectomy; Melanotroph; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN;

ADENOMA; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 13244273534     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-1-92     Document Type: Article

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