Adult-onset cerebellar cortical abiotrophy and retinal degeneration in a domestic shorthair cat

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-54

  Barone, Georgina ^a,b   Foureman, Polly ^a,b   deLahunta, Alexander ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DYSMETRIA; GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; SPASTICITY; TREMOR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; MALE; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0036365289     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0380051     Document Type: Article

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