Goiter in apparently euthyroid cats

Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 207-215

  Ferguson, Duncan C ^a   Freedman, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral Emergency Center   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160423-4/50026-3     Document Type: Chapter

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