Malignant chromatophoroma in a canebrake rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus atricaudatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-203

  Gregory, Christopher R ^a   Harmon, Barry G ^a   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a   Hafner, Scott ^b   Campagnoli, Raymond P ^a   McManamon, Rita M ^c   Steffens, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatophoroma; Crotalus horridus atricaudatus; Immunohistochemistry; Pteridine; Rattlesnake; Tumor; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SNAKE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, PAPER; CHROMATOPHORES; CROTALUS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PTERIDINES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031159223     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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