Radiotherapy in Three Suspect Cases of Feline Thymoma

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 483-488

  Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^a   Rohrer, Cécile Renate ^a   Fidel, Janean Louise ^a   Nett, Claudia Susanne ^b   Hörauf, Angelika ^b   Hauser, Beat ^b  

^a Chirurgische Klinik Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; THYMOMA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035462836     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-37-5-483     Document Type: Article

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