Cerebral cholesterol granuloma in a cat

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1241-1244

  Fluehmann, Gaby ^a   Konar, Martin ^a   Jaggy, André ^a   Nicolier, Alexandra ^a   Vandevelde, Marc ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHOLESTEROL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33750363719     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[1241:CCGIAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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