Influence of vestibulovaginal stenosis, pelvic bladder, and recessed vulva on response to treatment for clinical signs of lower urinary tract disease in dogs: 38 cases (1990-1999)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 995-999

  Crawford, Jason T ^a   Adams, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA; VAGINA DISEASE; VULVA;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVA;

EID: 0036777409     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.995     Document Type: Article

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