Vascular and Kupffer imaging of canine liver and spleen using the new contrast agent SonazoidHideyuki Kanemoto
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 70:1265-8. 2008
..No adverse effect was observed after Sonazoid injection in all the dogs that we examined. Contrast enhanced ultrasound using Sonazoid is believed to be useful for observing the parenchyma of canine liver and spleen...
- Characterization of canine focal liver lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound using a novel contrast agent-sonazoid
Hideyuki Kanemoto
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Vet Radiol Ultrasound 50:188-94. 2009
..The enhancement pattern of Sonazoid, especially in the parenchymal phase, has potential as a diagnostic tool for canine focal liver lesions...
CT characteristics of primary hepatic mass lesions in dogsKenjiro Fukushima
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Vet Radiol Ultrasound 53:252-7. 2012
..e. contrast retention, was more frequent in hepatic adenoma than in the other groups (P = 0.037 and 0.037, respectively). Nodular hyperplasia was more frequently isoattenuating in the equilibrium phase (P = 0.043)...
- Evaluation of the prognostic significance of BCL6 gene expression in canine high-grade B-cell lymphoma
Masahiko Sato
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, 1 1 1 Yayoi, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Vet J 191:108-14. 2012
..The results suggest that most canine high-grade B-cell lymphomas correspond to human diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with no immunohistochemical expression of BCL6...
- A case of recovery from canine destructive cholangitis in a Miniature Dachshund
Takafumi Osumi
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 73:937-9. 2011
..Although we could not determine which treatment was effective in this case, destructive cholangitis in dogs may be recoverable with long-term supportive therapies...
- Blood hyaluronic acid as a marker for canine cirrhosis
Hideyuki Kanemoto
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 71:1251-4. 2009
..Measurement of the blood HA levels of dogs with suspected liver disease can be a useful diagnostic aid for canine cirrhosis...
- A rapid and simple method to obtain canine peripheral blood-derived macrophages
Yuko Goto-Koshino
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 73:773-8. 2011
..Our method facilitates a high yield of macrophages in a short cultivation period compared with previous studies. This method might be a powerful tool to study macrophage functions in dogs...
- Characterization of canine BCL6 cDNA and detection systems for its protein expression
Masahiko Sato
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1 1 1 Yayoi, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 140:166-9. 2011
..This study will be useful for the molecular classification of canine B-cell lymphomas with different prognoses...
