Systemic mastocytosis in an African fat-tail gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-134

  Irizarry Rovira, A R ^a   Holzer, T R ^a   Credille, K M ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gecko; Immunohistochemistry; Systemic mastocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEATH; HEMITHECONYX CAUDICINCTUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETHARGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISCOLORATION; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MAST CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SKIN CELL; SPLEEN CELL; SUBMANDIBULAR MASS; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; LIZARD; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

GEKKONIDAE; HEMITHECONYX CAUDICINCTUS; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOSIS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84902551155     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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