Fetus in fetu in a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardi): Histopathologic, genetic, and toxicologic analysis

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-544

  Buckles, E L ^b   Gulland, F M D ^b   Aldridge, B M ^b   Gelatt, T S ^b   Ross, P S ^b   Haulena, M ^b   Lowenstine, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congenital defect; Contaminants; Fetus in fetu; Harbor seal; Major histocompatibility complex; Phoca vitulina richardi; Twin

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PHOCA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWINS, CONJOINED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 33746002297     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 03009858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.43-4-541     Document Type: Article

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