Clinical, epidemiological and treatment results of idiopathic epilepsy in 54 labrador retrievers: A long-term study

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Heynold, Y ^a   Faissler, D ^a   Steffen, F ^a   Jaggy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030636040     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1997.tb02977.x     Document Type: Article

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