Cutaneous Fibroma in a Captive Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 574-576

  Gonzales Viera, O ^a   Bauer, G ^a,b   Bauer, A ^b   Aguiar, L S ^c   Brito, L T ^c   Catao Dias J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Amazoo ClinLab   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chelydra serpentina; Common snapping turtle; Fibroma; Skin

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS FIBROMA; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FORELIMB; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TUMOR VOLUME; TURTLE; ULCER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FORELIMB; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TURTLES; VIMENTIN;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; MACROCLEMYS; MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84868620571     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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