Luteinizing hormone-dependent Cushing's syndrome in a pet ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-283

  Schoemaker, N J ^a   Kuijten, A M ^a   Galac, S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACTH; Deslorelin; hCG stimulation test; Hyperandrogenism; Hypercortisolism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CREATININE; DESLORELIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FERRET; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYURIA; URINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CREATININE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG IMPLANTS; FERRETS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POLYURIA; TRIPTORELIN;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 40249096029     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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