Clinical and pathological observations in English cocker spaniels with primary metabolic vitamin E deficiency and retinal pigment epithelial dystrophy

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 287-292

  McLellan, G J ^a,c   Cappello, R ^a   Mayhew, I G ^b   Elks, R ^a   Lybaert, P ^a   Watte C ^a   Bedford, P G C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPOFUSCINOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SPINAL REFLEX; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0141681105     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.10.287     Document Type: Review

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