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Fibiger's tumour

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Squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach in the rat caused by larvae of the nematode Spiroptera neoplastica.

Bibliography

  • J. Fibiger:
    Untersuchungen über eine Nematode (Spiroptera sp. n.) und deren Fähigkeit papillomatöse und carcinomatöse Geschwulstbildungen im Magen der Ratte hervorzurufen.
    Zeitschrift für Krebsforschung, 1913, 13: 217-280.
    Zeitschrift für Krebsforschung, 1914, 14: 295-326.

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