Treatment of 11 dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin with a combination of prednisolone and cytosine arabinoside

Veterinary Record

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 241-245

  Menaut, P ^a,d   Landart, J ^a   Behr, S ^b   Lanore, D ^c   Trumel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Manor Farm Business Park   (United Kingdom)

^c CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41449102630     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.8.241     Document Type: Article

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