Postanaesthetic cerebral necrosis in a horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 621-624

  Spadavecchia, C ^a   Jaggy, A ^a   Fatzer, R ^a   Schatzmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Brain; Complications; Horse; Neurological

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CRYPTORCHISM; FATALITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; NECROSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NECROSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0035515550     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776563526     Document Type: Article

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