Epilepsy in Border Collies: Clinical manifestation, outcome, and mode of inheritance

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Hulsmeyer V ^a   Zimmermann, R ^a   Brauer, C ^b   Sauter Louis, C ^a   Fischer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dog; Drug resistance; Remission; Seizure

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; PEDIGREE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 73349083097     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0438.x     Document Type: Article

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