'Continuous muscle fibre activity' in six dogs with episodic myokymia, stiffness and collapse

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 769-774

  Van Ham, L ^a   Bhatti, S ^a   Polis, I ^a   Fatzer, R ^b   Braund, K ^c   Thoonen, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Animal Breeding   (Switzerland)

^c Veterinary Neurological Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATINE KINASE; DIAZEPAM; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLLAPSE; CROSS BREEDING; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOKYMIA; NONHUMAN; RECUMBENCY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FEVER; ISAACS SYNDROME; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOKYMIA;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 11044221230     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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