Effect of storage conditions on cortisol, total thyroxine, and free thyroxine concentrations in serum and plasma of dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1564-1568

  Behrend, Ellen Nicole ^a   Kemppainen, Robert James ^a   Young, Diane White ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HYDROCORTISONE; PLASTIC; THYROXINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD STORAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DOGS; FEMALE; GLASS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032523536     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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