Neoplasia of reptiles with an emphasis on lizards

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 251-273

  Hernandez Divers, Sonia M ^a   Garner, Michael M ^b  

^a Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LIVER CANCER; LIZARD; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SICKNESS; REPTILE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037278588     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(02)00028-2     Document Type: Review

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