Use of helical computed tomography for measurement of thyroid glands in clinically normal cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-471

  Drost, Wm Tod ^a   Mattoon, John S ^a   Weisbrode, Steven E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID WEIGHT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HEALTH;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HEALTH; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33646349238     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.3.467     Document Type: Article

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