Green iguana nephrology: A review of diagnostic techniques

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 233-250

  Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COLECALCIFEROL; CREATINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN; SODIUM; SUCCIMER TC 99M; URIC ACID; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DEW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLIAGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HERBIVORY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMIDITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; LIZARD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAIN FOREST; REPTILE; REVIEW; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; URINALYSIS; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037275619     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(02)00025-7     Document Type: Review

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