High-frequency ultrasonography of the skin of clinically normal dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1625-1630

  Diana, Alessia ^a   Preziosi, Rosario ^a   Guglielmini, Carlo ^b   Degliesposti, Paolo ^a   Pietra, Marco ^a   Cipone, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 11144350124     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1625     Document Type: Article

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