Acute fulminating myasthenia gravis in five dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 830-834

  King, Lesley G ^a   Vite, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CORNEA ULCER; DOG; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; MALE; MUSCLES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0032520634     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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