Periodic muscle weakness and cervical ventroflexion caused by hypokalemia in a Burmese cat;Periodieke spierzwakte en cervicale ventroflexie ten gevolge van hypokaliëmie bij een Burmese kat

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 123, Issue 14-15, 1998, Pages 435-437

  Lantinga, E ^a   Kooistra, H S ^b   Van Nes, J J ^b  

^a Vakgroep Geneesk van G ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPOKALEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HYPOKALEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; PERIODICITY; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0032527282     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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