Unusual manifestation of hepatic encephalopathy in two irish wolfhound siblings

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 682-686

  Herden, C ^a   Beineke, A ^a   Hetzel, U ^a   Lemmer, W ^b   Baumgartner W ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Clinic   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAY MATTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH VESSEL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SIBLING; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0345531162     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.22.682     Document Type: Article

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