Intracranial Toxoplasma gondii granuloma in a cat

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 369-374

  Pfohl, Jessica C ^a   Dewey, Curtis W ^b  

^a Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; GRANULOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

FELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 28444436219     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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