Putative uremic encephalopathy in horses: Five cases (1978-1998)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 560-566

  Frye, Melinda A ^a   Johnson, Jeremy S ^a   Traub Dargatz, Josie L ^a   Savage, Catherine J ^b   Fettman, Martin J ^a   Gould, Daniel H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Arrabri Equine Internal Medicine LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UREMIA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREMIA;

EID: 0035866203     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.560     Document Type: Article

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