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Figure 2: Photomicrograph of a section of a rat thymoma stained with hematoxylin and eosin.
Figure 3: Photomicrograph of a rat thymoma immunostained with wide-spectrum screening cytokeratin antibody.

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We thank Matthew Davis (Georgia State University) for veterinary technical support and for taking the gross photographs.

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Diagnosis | Thymoma. Lab Anim 38, 116–117 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0409-116

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