Within- and between-examiner agreement for two thyroid palpation techniques in healthy and hyperthyroid cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 558-565

  Paepe, Dominique ^a   Smets, Pascale ^a   van Hoek, Ingrid ^a   Saunders, Jimmy ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Daminet, Sylvie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

FELIDAE;

EID: 56249134163     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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