Feline Intracranial Neoplasia: Retrospective Review of 160 Cases (1985-2001)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 850-859

  Troxel, Mark T ^a   Vite, Charles H ^a   Van Winkle, Thomas J ^a   Newton, Alisa L ^a   Tiches, Deena ^b   Dayrell Hart, Betsy ^c   Kapatkin, Amy S ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Steinberg, Sheldon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VCA Veterinary Referral Associates   (United States)

^c Regional Veterinary Referral Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cat; Diagnosis; Glioma; Lymphoma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GLIOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0345733876     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0850:FINRRO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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