Results of magnetic resonance imaging in 14 cats with meningoencephalitis

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Negrin, Arianna ^a   Lamb, Christopher R ^a   Cappello, Rodolfo ^a   Cherubini, Giunio B ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

FELIDAE;

EID: 33947310081     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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