Ultrastructural morphologic evaluation of the phenotype of valvular interstitial cells in dogs with myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1408-1414

  Black, Alexander ^a   French, Anne T ^b   Dukes McEwan, Joanna ^c   Corcoran, Brendan M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 26944455996     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1408     Document Type: Article

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