Thyroid C-cell carcinoma in an African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 392-396

  Miller, Debra L ^a   Styer, Eloise L ^a   Stobaeus, Janeen K ^b   Norton, Terry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Animal Care Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Atelerix albiventris; C cell carcinoma; Hedgehog; Immunohistochemistry; Neoplasia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ATELERIX ALBIVENTRIS; ERINACEIDAE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; HEDGEHOG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ANIMALS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEDGEHOGS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037630320     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0392:TCCCIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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