Spontaneous thymoma in a juvenile cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 706-710

  Schwartz, J A ^a   Solomon, J A ^a   Henkelman, K ^a   Leininger, J R ^b   Iverson, W O ^b  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

immune system; immunopathology; nonhuman primate pathology; tumors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; EOSINOPHIL; GIANT CELL; HASSALL CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPINDLE CELL; THYMOMA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79959392822     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623311407345     Document Type: Article

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