Subcutaneous accumulation of chyle after thoracic duct ligation in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2016-2019

  Farnsworth, Raelynn ^a,b   Birchard, Stephen ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LIGATION; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; OMENTUM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC DUCT;

ANIMALS; CHYLOTHORAX; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LIGATION; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; OMENTUM; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 0030585569     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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