Radiation therapy of feline pituitary macrotumors: Two case reports;Strahlentherapie bei zwei Katzen mit Hypophysentumoren

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 631-637

  Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^a   Reiner, B ^b   Hauser, B ^b   Arnold, P ^b   Lieb, A ^b   Cordt, I ^b   Lang, J ^b   Blattmann, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cat; Pituitary; Radiation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034332212     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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