Central nervous system cryptococcoma in a cat

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 526-530

  Mandrioli, L ^a   Bettini, G ^a   Marcato, P S ^a   Benazzi, C ^a   Della Salda, L ^b   Krockenberger, M B ^c   Jensen, H E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0036981526     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2002.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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