Acute paraplegia associated with vasculitis in a dog with leishmaniasis

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-201

  Font, A ^a   Mascort, J ^a   Altimira, J ^b   Closa, J M ^a   Vilafranca, M ^b  

^a Hospital Ars Veterinaria   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Histopatológico Veterinario   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEISHMANIASIS; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THROMBOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; PATHOLOGY; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIASIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 2442653063     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2004.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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