Intramuscular administration of a low dose of ACTH for ACTH stimulation testing in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 528-530

  Behrend, Ellen N ^a   Kemppainen, Robert J ^a   Bruyette, David S ^b   Busch, Katherine A ^a   Lee, Hollie P ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DOG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; NONHUMAN; ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOG DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; COSYNTROPIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE;

EID: 33748570115     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.4.528     Document Type: Article

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