Estimation of rat mammary tumor volume using caliper and ultrasonography measurements

Lab Animal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 217-224

  Faustino Rocha, Ana ^a   Oliveira, Paula A ^b   Pinho Oliveira, Jacinta ^a   Teixeira Guedes, Catarina ^a   Soares Maia, Ruben ^a   Da Costa, Rui Gil ^c,d   Colaço, Bruno ^b   Pires, Maria João ^b   Colaço, Jorge ^b   Ferreira, Rita ^e   Ginja, Mário ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MAMMARY NEOPLASM; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUMOR BURDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878267840     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban.254     Document Type: Article

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