Glucocorticoids in the cat

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 340-347

  Lowe, Andrew D ^a   Campbell, Karen L ^b   Graves, Thomas ^b  

^a Fox Valley Animal Referral Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS;

EID: 57349177600     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2008.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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