Chinese Box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) with lymphoid leukemia characterized by immunohistochemical and cytochemical phenotyping

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-376

  Bezjian, Marisa ^a   Diep, Anh N ^a   de Matos, Ricardo ^a   Schaefer, Deanna ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Hematopoetic neoplasia; Histochemistry; Immuno phenotyping; Reptile

Indexed keywords

CUORA FLAVOMARGINATA; MURRAYA EXOTICA; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DUODENUM; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; DUODENUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOID; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREAS; PERICARDIUM; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; TURTLES;

EID: 84884210282     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12061     Document Type: Article

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