Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Finnish Spitz dogs with focal epilepsy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-310

  Viitmaa, Ranno ^a,b   Cizinauskas, S ^a   Bergamasco, L A ^c   Kuusela, E ^a   Pascoe, P ^d   Teppo, A M ^a   Jokinen, T S ^a   Kivisaari, L ^e   Snellman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canine; Idiopathic epilepsy; Partial seizures; Reversible brain changes; Symptomatic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33645651294     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[305:MRIFIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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