Autoimmune myasthenia gravis in a ferret

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1462-1466

  Couturier, Jérome ^a,c   Huynh, Minh ^a,d   Boussarie, Didier ^a   Cauzinille, Laurent ^a   Shelton, G Diane ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER VÉTÉRINAIRE FRÉGIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Great Western Referrals ^*  (France)

^d Great Western Referrals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERRET; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FERRETS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE;

FELIDAE; MUSTELA;

EID: 74549217772     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.12.1462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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