Spontaneous uterine fibroleiomyoma in a captive cheetah

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 363-365

  Walzer, C ^a   Kubber Heiss A ^a,b   Bauder, B ^a,b  

^a Salzburg Zoo Hellbrunn ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEETAH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS CANCER; WILD ANIMAL;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0642373874     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2003.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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