Bilateral prolapse of the deep gland of the third eyelid in a rabbit: Diagnosis and treatment

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-109

  Janssens, Gerlinde ^a   Simoens, Paul ^a   Muylle, Sofie ^a   Lauwers, Henri ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; EYELID TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; EYELID DISEASES; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; PROLAPSE; RABBITS;

EID: 0032998186     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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