Lead toxicosis in cats - A review

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 249-255

  Knight, T E ^a   Kumar, M S A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BAL IN OIL; DIMERCAPROL; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; ENEMA; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; LEAD; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PAINT; PENICILLAMINE; SODIUM SULFATE; SUCCIMER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; AUTOPSY; CAT DISEASE; CELL INCLUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER TOXICITY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 0141762494     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-612X(03)00047-0     Document Type: Review

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