Cardiac hemangioma in a corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Stumpel, Job Benjamin Gérard ^a,b   Del Pozo, Jorge ^b   French, Anne ^b   Eatwell, Kevin ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac disease; corn snake; hemangioma; neoplasia; Pantherophis guttatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; SNAKES;

ANIMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS;

EID: 84862874734     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2011-0130.1     Document Type: Article

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