Amitriptyline treatment for severe recurrent idiopathic cystitis in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1282-1286

  Chew, Dennis J ^a   Buffington, C A Tony ^a   Kendall, Michael S ^a   DiBartola, Stephen P ^a   Woodworth, Bruce E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032215677     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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