Hepatocellular carcinoma in a green iguana - a case study

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Knotek, Zdeněk ^a,b   Dorrestein, Gerry M ^a,c   Hrdá, Anna ^a   Tomek, Aleš ^d   Proks, Pavel ^a   Knotková, Zora ^a   Jekl, Vladimír ^a   Lewis, William ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NOIVBD   (Netherlands)

^d Clinic Jaggy   (Czech Republic)

^e Wylie Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Liver disease; MRI; Plasma chemistry; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255189514     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb201180030243     Document Type: Article

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