Use of lomustine to treat cutaneous nonepitheliotropic lymphoma in a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Komori, Shinobu ^a   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a   Takahashi, Kimimasa ^a   Tagawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LOMUSTINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LYMPHOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LOMUSTINE; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 19944427260     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.237     Document Type: Article

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