Pituitary function and morphology in two German shepherd dogs with congenital dwarfism

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 644-646

  Hamann, F ^a,d   Kooistra, H S ^b   Mol, J A ^b   Gottschalk, S ^c   Bartels, T ^a   Rijnberk, A ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DWARFISM; FATALITY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYSTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DWARFISM; FATAL OUTCOME; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0033526481     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.23.644     Document Type: Article

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