Concurrence between clinical and pathologic diagnoses in a veterinary medical teaching hospital: 623 Cases (1989 and 1999)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 403-406

  Kent, Michael S ^a   Lucroy, Michael D ^b   Dank, Gillian ^a,c   Lehenbauer, Terry W ^b   Madewell, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOGS; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0942265956     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.403     Document Type: Article

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