Thyroid enlargement and its relationship to clinicopathological parameters and T4 status in suspected hyperthyroid cats{star, open}

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Boretti, Felicitas S ^a   Sieber Ruckstuhl, Nadja S ^a   Gerber, Bernhard ^a   Laluha, Peter ^a   Baumgartner, Claudia ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a   Reusch, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; THYROID GLAND;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 61749101136     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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