What is your diagnosis? Intracranial mass in a cat

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-41

  Wills, Tamara B ^a   Chen, Annie V ^a   Haldorson, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystal; Meningioma; Neoplasia; Psammoma bodies

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MENINGIOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 67549107668     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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