Computed tomographic changes associated with the prepatent and early patent phase of dirofilariasis in an experimentally infected dog

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Seiler, Gabriela S ^a,b   Nolan, Thomas J ^a   Withnall, Eleanor ^a   Reynolds, Caryn ^a   Lok, James B ^a   Sleeper, Meg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Dirofilariasis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA;

EID: 77951599028     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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