Spontaneous thymoma in a 10-week-old Sprague-Dawley rat

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-40

  Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Ninomiya, Fumiko ^a   Matsubara, Kenji ^a   Hakoi, Kazuo ^a  

^a TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medullary differentiation; Perivascular space; Rat; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIOID CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THYMOMA; TONOFILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84859784360     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.25.37     Document Type: Article

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