Radiographic, ultrasonographic, and computed tomographic appearance of alveolar echinococcosis in dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-418

  Scharf, Gernot ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^a   Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^a   Borer, Luc ^a   Hasler, Andreas ^b   Haller, Markus ^c   Flückiger, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Tierarztliches U ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Kleintierpraxis HallMa   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Canine; Computed tomography; Dog; E. multilocularis; Liver disease; Radiography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOPSY; CESTODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; MALE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 7244254225     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04074.x     Document Type: Review

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