Diseases caused by the radiomimetic principle of Pteridium aquilinum (Polypodiaceae);Enfermidades determinadas pelo princípio radiomimético de Pteridium aquilinum (Polypodiaceae)

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 85-96

  Do Nascimento França, Ticiana ^a   Tokarnia, Carlos Hubinger ^a   Peixoto, Paulo Vargas ^a  

^a ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine Enzootic Haematuria; Bright blindness; Carcinomas of the upper digestive tract; Hemorrhagic diathesis; Polypodiaceae; Pteridium aquilinum

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

BRACKEN FERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HEMATURIA; INTESTINE TUMOR; INTOXICATION; PLANT; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FILICOPHYTA; POLYPODIACEAE; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0042265741     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2002000300001     Document Type: Review

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