Teratoma in desert grassland whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 257-259

  Tocidlowski, Maryanne E ^a,c   Merrill, Christine L ^a,d   Loomis, Michael R ^b   Wright, James F ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

^c Houston Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnemidophorus uniparens; Histopathology; Neoplasia; Reptile; Teratoma; Whiptail lizard

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; LIZARD; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 0013255071     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0257:TIDGWL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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