Liver lobe torsion in dogs: 13 Cases (1995-2004)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-247

  Schwartz, Susanna G Hinkle ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^a   Keating, John H ^a   Chan, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; LETHARGY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER LOBE TORSION; LOBECTOMY; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP STAGES; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 30744450520     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.2.242     Document Type: Article

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