Comparison of ultrasonographic characteristics of the thyroid gland in healthy small-, medium-, and large-breed dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-77

  Brömel, Catharina ^a   Pollard, Rachel E ^a   Kass, Philip H ^a   Samii, Valerie E ^a,b   Davidson, Autumn P ^a   Nelson, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; THYROID GLAND; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BODY SIZE; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33645214899     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.1.70     Document Type: Article

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