Long-term treatment of dogs with steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis: Clinical, laboratory and therapeutic results

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 295-301

  Cizinauskas, S ^a   Jaggy, A ^a   Tipold, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ARTERITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034223052     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2000.tb03205.x     Document Type: Article

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