Most dogs with medullary rim sign on ultrasonography have no demonstrable renal dysfunction

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-166

  Mantis, Panagiotis ^b   Lamb, Christopher R ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dog; Hypercalcemic nephropathy; Kidney; Renal disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034150402     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2000.tb01471.x     Document Type: Article

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