Absence seizures with myoclonic features in a juvenile Chihuahua dog

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-141

  Poma, Roberto ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^b   Cortez, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canine; Myoclonic absence epilepsy; Seizures; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; DRUG RESPONSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; ABSENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; MALE; RECURRENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77956210691     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0312     Document Type: Note

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