Penile and preputial tumours in the horse: A retrospective study of 114 affected horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 528-532

  Van Den Top, J G B ^a   De Heer, N ^b   Klein, W R ^a   Ensink, J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Diergeneeskundig Centrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Horse; Penis; Prepuce; Retrospective study; Tumour

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANCER STAGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PENIS; PENIS TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; URETHRA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PAPILLOMA; PEDIGREE; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PENIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 50949122092     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X281180     Document Type: Article

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