Comparison of B-mode and Doppler ultrasonographic findings with histologic features of benign and malignant mammary tumors in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 985-991

  Nyman, Helena T ^a   Nielsen, Ole L ^a   McEvoy, Fintan J ^a   Lee, Marcel H ^a   Martinussen, Torben ^a   Hellmén, Eva ^b,c   Kristensen, Annemarie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BONE MINERALIZATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST; DOG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; STAINING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33745652894     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.6.985     Document Type: Article

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