Ultrasonographic characteristics of the adrenal glands in dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism: Comparison with normal dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 110-115

  Grooters, Amy M ^a,b   Biller, David S ^a   Theisen, Sharon K ^a   Miyabayashi, Takayoshi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030144196     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1996.tb02041.x     Document Type: Review

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