Feline non-ocular melanoma: A retrospective study of 23 cases (1991-1999)

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 173-181

  Luna, L D ^a   Higginbotham, M L ^a   Henry, C J ^a   Turnquist, S E ^b   Moore, A S ^c   Graham, J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MELANOMA; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; TOE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR; FEMALE; MALE; MELANOMA; NOSE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOES;

EID: 0034571167     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jfms.2000.0092     Document Type: Article

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