Polymyositis and neuritis in a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-175

  Ginman, Adam A ^a   Kline, Karen L ^b   Shelton, G Diane ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VCA Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NEURITIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMYOSITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NEURITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 68849097136     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.2.172     Document Type: Article

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