Morphology of the pituitary gland in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) with hyperadrenocorticism

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-265

  Schoemaker, N J ^a   van der Hage, M H ^a   Flik, G ^b   Lumeij, J T ^a   Rijnberk, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal gland; Ferret; Hyperdrenocorticism; Pituitary gland tumour

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; STEROID; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASTRATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FERRET; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSTELA; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROID RELEASE; THYROID CELL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 1842689958     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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