The Reptilian Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-175

  Rivera, Sam ^a   Lock, Brad ^a  

^a Zoo Atlanta ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PARATHYROID GLAND; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PARATHYROID DISEASES; PARATHYROID GLANDS; REPTILES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349063084     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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