Dynamic computed tomographic evaluation of the pituitary gland in healthy dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1518-1524

  van der Vlugt Meijer, Roselinda H ^a,b   Meij, Björn P ^a   Voorhout, George ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACE Pharmaceuticals BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAXILLARY ARTERY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PITUITARY GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 9444291248     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1518     Document Type: Article

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