Small adrenal glands in cats with feline interstitial cystitis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2494-2497

  Westropp, Jodi L ^b   Welk, Kristin A ^b   Buffington, C A Tony ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; Cats; Corticotropin; Cystitis, interstitial; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242692436     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000095566.63870.66     Document Type: Article

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