Claudin-7-positive synchronous spontaneous intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, adenocarcinoma and adenomas of the gallbladder in a Bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-112

  Jakab, Csaba ^a   Rusvai, Miklós ^a   Szabó, Zoltán ^a   Gálfi, Péter ^b   Marosán, Miklós ^a   Kulka, Janina ^c   Gál, János ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b C J Hall Veterinary Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bearded dragon; Claudin 7; gallbladder; liver; spontaneous synchronous tumours

Indexed keywords

POGONA VITTICEPS; REPTILIA;

EID: 79952132568     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.59.2011.1.9     Document Type: Article

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