Magnetic resonance imaging of a brain abscess in a 10-month-old filly

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Audigie F ^a   Tapprest, J ^a   George, C ^b   Didierlaurent, D ^a   Foucher, N ^c   Faurie, F ^a   Houssin, M ^d   Denoix, J M ^a  

^a Normandie Equine Vallée   (France)

^b Lab d'Anat Pathologique V   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Equine; Neurologic disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 3042807181     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04035.x     Document Type: Article

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