Muscle cramps in two standard poodles with hypoadrenocorticism

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 437-443

  Saito, Miyoko ^a   Olby, Natasha J ^a   Obledo, Leticia ^a   Gookin, Jody L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CREATINE KINASE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE PIVALATE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUDROCORTISONE ACETATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; PERCORTEN V; POTASSIUM; PREDNISONE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; TETRACOSACTIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DOG; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCHLOREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LETHARGY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UREMIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0036711987     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0380437     Document Type: Article

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