Clinical Aspects and Surgical Treatment of Hyperadrenocorticism in the Domestic Ferret: 94 Cases (1994-1996)

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Weiss, Charles A ^a   Scott, Michael V ^a  

^a Potomac Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; PHOSPHORUS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FERRET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; FEMALE; FERRETS; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031261989     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-33-6-487     Document Type: Article

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