Surgical removal of a mammary adenocarcinoma and a granulosa cell tumor in an African pygmy hedgehog

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-237

  Wellehan, James F X ^a   Southorn, Erin ^a   Smith, Dale A ^a   Taylor, W Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HEDGEHOG; HEMATURIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCOSURIA; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HEDGEHOGS; HEMATURIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; ATELERIX ALBIVENTRIS; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0038409884     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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