Etiologic classification of seizures, signalment, clinical signs, and outcome in cats with seizure disorders: 91 Cases (2000-2004)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1591-1597

  Schriefl, Simone ^a   Steinberg, Tanja A ^a   Matiasek, Kaspar ^a   Ossig, Andrea ^a   Fenske, Nora ^a   Fischer, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; SYNCOPE;

EID: 57449119782     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.10.1591     Document Type: Article

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