Treatment of Cartilaginous Hyperplasia in Ball Pythons

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 633-637+652A

  Greenacre, Cheryl B ^a   Ritchie, Branson W ^a   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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