Surgical treatment and long-term outcome of ferrets with bilateral adrenal tumors or adrenal hyperplasia: 56 cases (1994-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 820-823

  Weiss, Charles A ^a   Williams, Bruce H ^b   Scott, Jason B ^a   Scott, Michael V ^a  

^a Potomac Animal Hospital   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRET; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERRETS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033567691     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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