Feline lymphangiosarcoma - Definitive identification using a lymphatic vascular marker

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Galeotti, Franca ^a   Barzagli, Fabio ^a   Vercelli, Antonella ^a   Millanta, Francesca ^b   Poli, Alessandro ^b   Jackson, David G ^c   Abramo, Francesca ^a,b  

^a Private Practitioner ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal lymphangiosarcoma; Exudative dermatitis; Feline; LYVE 1; Ultrastructural investigation; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN; LYMPHATIC VESSEL ENDOTHELIAL RECEPTOR 1; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ABDOMEN; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; DERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA; MALE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1542297605     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2004.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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