Adenohypophysitis in rat pituitary allografts

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 445-450

  Rotondo, Fabio ^a   Quintanar Stephano, Andres ^b   Asa, Sylvia L ^c   Lombardero, Matilde ^a,d   Berczi, Istvan ^e   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^f   Horvath, Eva ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Autoimmunity; Inflammation; Pathology; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADENOHYPOPHYSITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GANGRENE; GRANULOCYTE; HYPOPHYSIS GRAFT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY; MALE; NECROSIS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 78449292450     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2010.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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