Equine thyroid dysfunction

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 305-319

  Frank, Nicholas ^a   Sojka, Janice ^b   Messer IV, Nat T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

LIOTHYRONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 10944231052     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0739(02)00007-X     Document Type: Review

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