Multicentric Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 464-467

  Oros J ^a   Torrent, A ^b   De Espinosa Los Monteros, A ^b   Calabuig, P ^b   Deniz S ^b   Tucker, S ^b   Jacobson, E R ^b  

^a College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Neoplasia; Reptiles; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TUMOR; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; PATHOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, LYMPHOBLASTIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIUM; TURTLES;

EID: 0035403152     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.38-4-464     Document Type: Article

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