Diagnosis and Treatment of Equine Cushing's Disease

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 766-769

  Levy, Michel ^a   Sojka, Janice E ^a   Dybdal, Noël O ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

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