Ultrasound guided biopsy as a diagnostic aid in three horses with a cranial mediastinal lymphosarcoma

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 722-726

  De Clercq, D ^a   Van Loon, G ^a   Lefere L ^a   Deprez, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; THORACOCENTESIS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 3042644299     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.23.722     Document Type: Article

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