Expression of KIT receptor in feline cutaneous mast cell tumors

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 878-883

  Rodriguez Carino C ^a,b   Fondevila, D ^b   Segales J ^a,b   Rabanal, R M ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

c KIT; Cat; Immunohistochemistry; KIT protein; Mast cell tumors

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

FELIDAE;

EID: 77149175471     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0084-R-FL     Document Type: Article

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