Juvenile idiopathic epilepsy in Egyptian Arabian foals: 22 Cases (1985-2005)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1443-1449

  Aleman, Monica ^a   Gray, Leah C ^a   Williams, D Colette ^a   Holliday, Terrell A ^b   Madigan, John E ^a   LeCouteur, Richard A ^b   Magdesian, K Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian foals; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Phenobarbital; Potassium bromide

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33845712787     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[1443:JIEIEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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