Uterine lesions in 32 female miniature pet pigs

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1071-1075

  Ilha, M R S ^a   Newman, S J ^a   van Amstel, S ^a   Fecteau, K A ^a   Rohrbach, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

cystic endometrial hyperplasia; estrogen receptor; immunohistochemistry; miniature pigs; progesterone receptor; uterine neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BROAD LIGAMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MINIPIG; PATHOLOGY; PYOMETRA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMALS; BROAD LIGAMENT; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PROGESTERONE; PYOMETRA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWINE, MINIATURE; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 78649921853     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810382522     Document Type: Article

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