Absence of temporal lobe epilepsy pathology in dogs with medically intractable epilepsy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-99

  Buckmaster, Paul S ^a   Smith, Mary O ^b   Buckmaster, Christine L ^a   LeCouteur, Richard A ^c   Dudek, F Edward ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Dentate gyrus; Hilus; Hippocampus; Somatostatin; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036371257     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb01612.x     Document Type: Article

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