HISTOLOGIC, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL, and ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION of A MALIGNANT IRIDOPHOROMA in A DWARF BEARDED DRAGON (POGONA HENRYLAWSONI)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 583-587

  De Brot, Simone ^a,b   Sydler, Titus ^a   Nufer, Lisbeth ^a   Ruetten, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatophoroma; dwarf bearded dragon; electron microscopy; iridophoroma; pogona henrylawsoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOPHORE; FEMALE; LIZARD; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; FEMALE; LIZARDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84941218005     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2013-0113.1     Document Type: Article

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