Proliferative and necrotizing otitis externa in four cats

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 370-377

  Mauldin, Elizabeth A ^a   Ness, Timothy A ^b   Goldschmidt, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Arboretum View Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; NECROSIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACROLIMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE;

EID: 34548556242     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2007.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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