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Hereditary melanoblastoma in miniature pigs and its successful therapy by devitalization technique.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 1 Nov 1999
Horák V, Fortýn K, Hruban V, Klaudy J
Abstract excerpt
Applying selective breeding for 10 years we established the MeLiM (Melanoblastoma-bearing Libechov Minipigs) strain. Melanoblastoma (MB) in this strain shows a hereditary occurrence. Cutaneous tumours are usually nodular, multiple and distributed on various parts of body. They appear in darkly pigmented animals already at the birth or during two months thereafter (57% of all animals). Numerous organ metastases...
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