Computed tomography of the lungs of Indian pythos (Python molurus)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-434

  Pees, Michael C ^a   Kiefer, Ingmar ^a   Ludewig, Eberhard W ^a   Schumacher, Juergen P ^b   Krautwald Junghanns, Maria Elisabeth R ^a   Oechtering, Gerhard U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; EVALUATION STUDIES; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 34247524148     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.4.428     Document Type: Article

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