Cytochemical and immunocytochemical characterization of blood cells and immunohistochemical analysis of spleen cells from 2 species of frog, Rana (Aquarana) catesbeiana and Xenopus laevis

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-361

  Bricker, Nelson K ^a   Raskin, Rose E ^a   Densmore, Christine L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anura; Hematology; Leukocytes; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD79 ANTIGEN; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BULLFROG; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD79; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; PEROXIDASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANA CATESBEIANA; SPLEEN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84866000040     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2012.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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