Hepatic Lipidosis

Reptile Medicine and Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 806-813

  Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Cooper, John E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine   (United States)

^c Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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EID: 67549103344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-169327-X/50060-2     Document Type: Chapter

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