Seizure-alerting and -response behaviors in dogs living with epileptic children

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2303-2305

  Kirton, Adam ^a,b   Wirrell, Elaine ^a   Zhang, James ^a   Hamiwka, Lorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTICIPATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942754065     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.12.2303     Document Type: Review

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