Oral fibrosarcoma in jararaca (Bothrops pubescens): Anatomopathological and immunohistochemical aspects

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 664-670

  Santos, Ezequiel D ^a   Silva Filho, José R ^a   Machado, Tanise P ^a   Dau, Stefano L ^b   Rodriguez, Rubens ^c   da Motta, Adriana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Passo Fundo ^*  (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Patologia de Passo Fundo (IPPF)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops; Fibrosarcoma; Histochemical; Immunohistochemistry; PCNA; Snake; Spindle cell neoplasm; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949794602     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: 16785150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2015000700011     Document Type: Article

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