Use of the urine cortisol-to-creatinine ratio for monitoring dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism during induction treatment with mitotane (o,p'-DDD)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 258-261

  Randolph, John F ^a   Toomey, Jane ^a,c   Center, Sharon A ^a   Scarlett, Janet M ^a   Reimers, Thomas ^a   Graham, Peter ^b   Nachreiner, Raymond F ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brooklyn Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DOG; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINALYSIS;

ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MITOTANE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0031931784     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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