Successful management of psychogenic alopecia with buspirone in a crossbreed cat

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-319

  Ghaffari, Masoud Selk ^a   Sabzevari, Amin ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buspirone; Cat; Psychogenic alopecia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952097501     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0878-8     Document Type: Article

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