Use of the urine cortisol:creatinine ratio to monitor treatment response in dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1158-1161

  Guptill, L ^a   Scott Moncrieff, J C ^a   Bottoms, G ^a   Glickman, L ^a   Johnson, M ^a   Glickman, N ^a   Nelson, R ^b   Bertoy, E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINE;

ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CREATININE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MITOTANE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030906554     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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