Immunohistochemical characterization of inflammatory and glial responses in a case of necrotizing leucoencephalitis in a french bulldog

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Spitzbarth, I ^a   Schenk, H C ^a   Tipold, A ^a   Beineke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD79A ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BLINDNESS; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DOG; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GAIT DISORDER; GLIA; HEAD TILTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOMALACIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINITIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROGLIA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 77649274092     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.08.158     Document Type: Article

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