Assessment of the accuracy of computed tomography for measurement of normal equine pituitary glands

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1387-1394

  McKlveen, Tori L ^a   Jones, Jeryl C ^a   Sponenberg, D Phillip ^a   Scarratt, Kent ^a   Ward, Daniel L ^a   Aardema Jr , Charles H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HORSE; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HORSES; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0242523106     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1387     Document Type: Article

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