Intracranial arachnoid cysts: Are they clinically significant?

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 772-774

  Duque, C ^a   Parent, J ^a   Brisson, B ^a   Da Costa, R ^a   Poma, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 26844559354     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19[772:IACATC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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