Feline spinal cord diseases

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1011-1028

  Marioni Henry, Katia ^a  

^a Forest Corner Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Feline infectious peritonitis; Intervertebral disc; Lymphosarcoma; Spinal cord; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ASPARAGINASE; BETA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INTERFERON; MELPHALAN; OMEGA INTERFERON; OZAGREL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; PROMODULIN; RIBAVIRIN; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

CAT; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MENINGIOMA; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; RETINOL INTOXICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASE; STORAGE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

FELIDAE;

EID: 77955859302     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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