Severe systemic hypertension in a cat with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-135

  Brown, A L ^a   Beatty, J A ^a   Lindsay, S A ^a   Barrs, V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856367333     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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