Evaluation of pituitary gland anatomy and histopathologic findings in clinically normal horses and horses and ponies with pituitary pars intermedia adenoma

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1701-1707

  van der Kolk, Johannes H ^a   Heinrichs, Martin ^b   van Amerongen, Johan D ^a   Stooker, Rob C J ^a   Jansen in de Wal, Lisette ^a   van den Ingh, Ted S G A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; EOSIN; GLUCOSE; HEMATOXYLIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROADENOMA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 11144339974     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1701     Document Type: Article

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