Feline asthma. What's new and where might clinical practice be heading?

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 681-692

  Venema, Christine M ^a   Patterson, Coretta C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASTHMA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE; CAT DISEASES; TRENDS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

FELIDAE;

EID: 77956205347     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.07.012     Document Type: Review

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