Adenomatous hyperplasia of the thyroid gland in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary and Hudson Bay, Quebec, Canada

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 698-703

  Mikaelian, I ^a   Labelle, P ^b   Kopal, M ^b   De Guise, S ^b   Martineau, D ^b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenoma; Beluga; Environmental pathology; Hyperplasia; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Thyroid; Tumor; Whale

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; FOLLICLE CYST; MALE; NONHUMAN; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME; WHALE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FOLLICULAR CYST; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HYPERPLASIA; QUEBEC; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; WHALES;

EID: 1542601055     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-6-698     Document Type: Article

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