Thyroid imaging in the dog: Current status and future directions

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-684

  Taeymans, O ^a   Peremans, K ^a   Saunders, J H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear medicine; Radiography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; THYROID DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34547815169     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[673:TIITDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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