Cervical type AB thymoma (Mixed) tumour diagnosis in a mynah as a model to study human: Clinicohistological, immunohistochemical and cytohistopathological study

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khaki, Fariba ^a   Javanbakht, Javad ^a   Sasani, Farhang ^a   Gharagozlou, Mohammad Javad ^a   Bahrami, Alimohammad ^b   Moslemzadeh, Hemmat ^c   Sheikhzadeh, Reza ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lymphocytic type; Mynah,Neck; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STARLING; THYMOMA; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIRD DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STARLINGS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879049198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-98     Document Type: Article

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