Excision of a locally invasive thymoma causing cranial vena caval syndrome in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1628-1630

  Hunt, Geraldine B ^a   Churcher, Richard K ^a   Church, David B ^a   Mahoney, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THYMOMA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031154087     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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