Treatment of partial seizures and seizure-like activity with felbamate in six dogs

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 403-408

  Ruehlmann, D ^a,c   Podell, M ^a,b   March, P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Angell Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FELBAMATE; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035431141     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2001.tb02490.x     Document Type: Article

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