MRI Examination of Trachea and Bronchi in the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1137-1141

  Endo, Hideki ^c   Yamagiwa, Daishiro ^a   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^b   Yamamoto, Masako ^b   Sasaki, Motoki ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Kamiya, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ganges River dolphin; MRI; Phylogeny; Tracheobronchial tree

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BRONCHUS; CETACEA; PLATANISTA GANGETICA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BRONCHUS; CLASSIFICATION; DOLPHIN; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYLOGENY; PLEURA; THORAX; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BANGLADESH; BRONCHI; DOLPHINS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PLEURA; THORAX; TRACHEA;

EID: 0033209214     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.1137     Document Type: Article

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