Clinical Signs and Concurrent Diseases of Hypothyroidism in Dogs and Cats

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-722

  Scott Moncrieff, J Catharine ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; EYE DISEASE; HEMOSTASIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OBESITY; SKIN DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34447098842     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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