Myokymia and neuromyotonia in a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Galano, Heather R ^a,d   Olby, Natasha J ^a   Howard Jr , James F ^b   Shelton, G Diane ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Animal Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARNITINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; ETOMIDATE; HYDROMORPHONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOKYMIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; ISAACS SYNDROME; MYOKYMIA; PHENYTOIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744491559     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1608     Document Type: Article

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