Temporal changes in characteristics of injection-site sarcomas in cats: 392 cases (1990-2006)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-380

  Shaw, Stephen C ^a,b   Kent, Michael S ^a,c   Gordon, Ira K ^a,c   Collins, Cameron J ^a,b   Greasby, Tamara A ^a,d   Beckett, Laurel A ^a,d   Hammond, Genevieve M ^a,b   Skorupski, Katherine A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHONDROSARCOMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHONDROSARCOMA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 60749109292     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.3.376     Document Type: Review

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