Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in two loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 245-250

  Oros J ^a   Tucker, S ^b   Fernandez L ^a   Jacobson, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Immunohistochemistry; Loggerhead turtle; Reptile; Sea turtle; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MUSCLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TURTLES;

EID: 9944230531     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao058245     Document Type: Article

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