Diseases of the reptile pancreas

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-212

  Stahl, Scott J ^a  

^a Eastern Exotic Veterinary Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLOXAN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCAGONOMA; GLUCOSURIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS ISLET DISEASE; PANCREAS STONE; PANCREATITIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; REPTILE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; REPTILES;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0037272961     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(02)00054-3     Document Type: Review

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