Intracranial meningiomas associated with cervical syringohydromyelia in a cat

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 123-128

  Tomek, A ^a   Forterre, F ^a   Konar, M ^a   Vandevelde, M ^a   Jaggy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat; Meningioma; Spinal cord; Syringohydromyelia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849097902     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.150.3.123     Document Type: Article

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