Complications associated with the diagnosis and management of canine hyperadrenocorticism

In Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 246-256

  Dunn, Katie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DOG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0030996879     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.19.5.246     Document Type: Article

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