Cervical thymoma originating in ectopic thymic tissue in a cat

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-402

  Lara Garcia, Ana ^a,e   Wellman, Maxey ^b   Burkharcd, Mary Jo ^b,c   Machado Parrula, Cecilia ^b   Valli, Victor E ^d   Stromberg, Paul C ^b   Couto, C Guillermo ^a,c  

^a Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

^b Department of Veterinary Biosciences

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Ectopic thymus; Feline; Flow cytometry; PCR; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND;

FELIDAE;

EID: 58049171702     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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