Disseminated Pleomorphic Myofibrosarcoma in a Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 376-380

  Mete, A ^a   Woods, L ^a   Famini, D ^b   Anderson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Performing Animal Welfare Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Grizzly bear; Immunohistochemistry; Myofibrosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; DISSEMINATED PLEOMORPHIC MYOFIBROSARCOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROSARCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBROBLASTS; MYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; URSIDAE;

URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS;

EID: 84864408999     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2011.11.199     Document Type: Article

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