Localized, plexiform, diffuse, and other variants of neurofibroma in 12 dogs, 2 horses, and a chicken

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 904-915

  Schoniger S ^a   Summers, B A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickens; Diffuse neurofibroma; Neurofibroma; Neurofibroma variants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUROFIBROMA; POULTRY DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77149130976     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0322-S-FL     Document Type: Article

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