Clinical signs, magnetic resonance imaging findings and outcome in 77 cats with vestibular disease: a retrospective study

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-299

  Negrin, Arianna ^a   Cherubini, Giunio B ^b   Lamb, Chris ^c   Benigni, Livia ^c   Adams, Vicky ^d   Platt, Simon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DICK WHITE REFERRALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE;

EID: 77950352915     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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