Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome in Dogs

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Kooistra, Hans S ^a   Galac, Sara ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Diagnostic imaging; Hypercortisolism; Pituitary adrenocortical axis; Urinary corticoids

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; OCTREOTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATOMEGALY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYURIA; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; URINALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77249153297     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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