Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor in a Domestic Ferret

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 46-48

  Buchanan, Kelvin C ^a   Belote, Duane A ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASTRATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FERRET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETHARGY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FERRETS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0344702846     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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