Use of thoracoscopy to determine the etiology of pleural effusion in dogs and cats: 18 cases (1998-2001)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 990-994

  Kovak, Janet R ^a   Ludwig, Lori L ^a   Bergman, Philip J ^a   Baer, Keith E ^a   Noone, Kathleen E ^a  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LUNG; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036778076     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.990     Document Type: Article

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