Meningomyelitis in dogs: A retrospective review of 28 cases (1999 to 2007)

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Griffin, J F ^a   Levine, J M ^a   Levine, G J ^a   Fosgate, G T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; VACCINATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 53149116697     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2008.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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