Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of peripheral nerve sheath tumors in 4 dogs

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-81

  da Costa, Ronaldo C ^a,b   Parent, Joane M ^a   Dobson, Howard ^a   Ruotsalo, Kristiina ^a   Holmberg, David ^a   Duque, M Carolina ^a   Poma, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 39149090400     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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