Diagnostic exercise: Astrocytoma with involvement of medulla oblongata, spinal cord, and spinal nerves in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 949-951

  Hamir, A N ^a,b   Picton, R ^a   Blythe, L L ^a   Heidel, J R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma (brain, spinal cord, nerves); Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); Raccoons (Procyon lotor)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PATHOLOGY; RACCOON; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RACCOONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 58149269543     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-6-949     Document Type: Article

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