Influence of patient positioning on sensitivity of mesenteric portography for detecting an anomalous portosystemic blood vessel in dogs: 34 cases (1997-2000)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1251-1253

  Scrivani, Peter V ^a   Yeager, Amy E ^a   Dykes, Nathan L ^a   Scarlett, Janet M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0035514532     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.1251     Document Type: Article

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