Ct-guided brain biopsy using a modified Pelorus Mark III stereotactic system: Experience with 50 dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 434-440

  Koblik, Philip D ^a   Lecouteur, Richard A ^a,c   Higgins, Robert J ^a   Bollen, Andrew W ^b   Vernau, Karen M ^a   Kortz, Gregg D ^a   Ilkiw, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Brain; Computed tomography; Dog; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LUSTROCHERNES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033191356     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb00371.x     Document Type: Article

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