Mast cells and angiogenesis in canine melanomas: Malignancy and clinicopathological factors

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-146

  Mukaratirwa, Sydney ^a   Chikafa, Lynne ^a   Dliwayo, Rachel ^a   Moyo, Ndumiso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAST CELL; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MAST CELLS; MELANOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33644824390     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2006.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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