Spontaneous intestinal melanoma in dogs

In Vivo

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1051-1054

  Spugnini, Enrico P ^a   Dragonetti, Emanuele ^b   Murace, Raffaele ^c   Cassandro, Roberto ^d   Groeger, Angela M ^e,f   Di Marino, Mariapia ^g   Baldi, Alfonso ^g  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Rome American Hospital   (Italy)

^c ITAF   (Italy)

^d San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^e International Society for the Study of Comparative Oncology ISSCO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Intestinal melanoma; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; DOG; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 27744551147     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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