Treatment of periocular and non-ocular sarcoids in 18 horses by interstitial brachytherapy with iridium-192

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 337-341

  Byam Cook, K L ^a,b   Henson, F M D ^a   Slater, J D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; COTRIMAZINE; IRIDIUM 192; PHENYLBUTAZONE; UNIPRIM;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LEUKODERMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOIDOSIS; SATISFACTION; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 33748989788     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.11.337     Document Type: Article

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