Cerebral Cryptococcomas in a Cow

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 106-110

  Magalhaes G M ^a   Saut, J P Elsen ^a   Beninati, T ^b   Medeiros, A A ^a   Queiroz, G R ^c   Tsuruta, S A ^a   Krockenberger, M ^b   Headley, S A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain; Cattle; Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; BRAIN INFECTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL CRYPTOCOCCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEPRESSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAIT DISORDER; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPLEEN; STAINING; TRISMUS; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRAIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

BOS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 84864406810     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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