Clinical presentations of naturally occurring canine seizures: Similarities to human seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 460-470

  Licht, Barbara G ^a   Licht, Mark H ^a   Harper, Kathleen M ^a   Lin, Shili ^b   Curtin, John J ^c   Hyson, Linda L ^a   Willard, Kristen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Canine; Clinical presentations; Epilepsy; Generalized seizure; Genetics; Partial seizure; Seizure classification; Seizures

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; POTASSIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; STANDARDIZATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0036816431     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00523-1     Document Type: Article

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