Outcome following splenectomy in cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-261

  Gordon, Sebastian S N ^a   McClaran, Janet K ^b   Bergman, Philip J ^c   Liu, Serena M ^d  

^a Veterinary Surgical Centers   (United States)

^b ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center   (United States)

^d IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77950192397     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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