Hyperadrenocorticism associated with excessive sex hormone production by an adrenocortical tumor in two dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1725-1728

  Syme, Harriet M ^a,c   Scott Moncrieff, J Catharine ^a   Treadwell, Nancy G ^a,d   Thompson, Mary F ^a   Snyder, Paul W ^a   White, M Randall ^a   Oliver, Jack W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE; SEX HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; MALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CARCINOMA, ADRENAL CORTICAL; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MITOTANE; SEX HORMONES;

EID: 0035893278     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.1725     Document Type: Article

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