Dynamic Computed Tomography of the Pituitary Gland in Dogs with Pituitary-Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 773-780

  Van Der Vlugt Meijer, Roselinda H ^a   Meij, Björn P ^a   Van Den Ingh, Ted S G A M ^a   Rijnberk, Ad ^a   Voorhout, George ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Histopathology; Isoattenuation; Neurohypophyseal flush; Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IOTHALAMATE MEGLUMINE; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0346364980     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0773:DCTOTP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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