Ovarian dysgerminomas in two mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-153

  Fitzgerald, Scott D ^a   Duncan, Ann E ^b   Tabaka, Chris ^b   Garner, Michael M ^c   Dieter, April ^b   Kiupel, Matti ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Detroit Zoological Institute   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgerminoma; Leptodactylus fallax; Mountain chicken frog; Neoplasia; Ovary

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DYSGERMINOMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANURA; DYSGERMINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLUS FALLAX; REPTILIA;

EID: 34047191429     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/06-015.1     Document Type: Review

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