Autoimmune myasthenia gravis and dysautonomia in a dog

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 593-595

  Gajanayake, I ^a   Niessen, S J M ^a   Cherubini, G B ^b   Diane Shelton, G ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DICK WHITE REFERRALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DYSAUTONOMIA; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIMARY DYSAUTONOMIAS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 55349087282     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2008.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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