Mass-to-splenic volume ratio and splenic weight as a percentage of body weight in dogs with malignant and benign splenic masses: 65 cases (2007-2008)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 239, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1325-1327

  Mallinckrodt, Mary Jo ^a   Gottfried, Sharon D ^a  

^a Veterinary Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80355127995     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.239.10.1325     Document Type: Review

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