Clinical management and outcome of cats with seizure disorders: 30 cases (1991-1993)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-77

  Quesnel, Andrée D ^a,b   Parent, Joane M ^a   McDonell, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CAT; FOLLOW UP; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031014696     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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