Comparative evaluation of the liver in dogs with a splenic mass by using ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Irausquin, Roelof A ^a   Scavelli, Thomas D ^a   Corti, Lisa ^a   Stefanacci, Joseph D ^a   DeMarco, Joann ^a   Flood, Shannon ^a   Rohrbach, Barton W ^a  

^a Garden State Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 39149097229     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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