Statistical relevance of ultrasonographic criteria in the assessment of diffuse liver disease in dogs and cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-221

  Feeney, Daniel A ^a   Anderson, Kari L ^a   Ziegler, Laura E ^a   Jessen, Carl R ^a   Daubs, Brian M ^a,b   Hardy, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Specialists of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; LIPIDOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 39549085954     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.2.212     Document Type: Article

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