Myxosarcoma in the eye and brain in a dog

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-189

  Richter, Marianne ^a   Stankeova, Simona ^a   Hauser, Beat ^a   Scharf, Gernot ^a   Spiess, Bernhard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blindness; Brain; Eye; Myxosarcoma; Orbit; Proton radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; EXOPHTHALMOS; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; IRRADIATION; MYXOSARCOMA; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC DISK; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR GROWTH; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE NEOPLASMS; MALE; MYXOSARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0141962471     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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