Tetraparesis resembling acute transverse myelitis in a captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): Long-term care and recovery

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 336-346

  Miyabe Nishiwaki, T ^a   Kaneko, A ^a   Nishiwaki, K ^a   Watanabe, A ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Maeda, N ^a   Kumazaki, K ^a   Morimoto, M ^a   Hirokawa, R ^a   Suzuki, J ^a   Ito, Y ^b   Hayashi, M ^b   Tanaka, M ^b   Tomonaga, M ^b   Matsuzawa, T ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ape; Decubitus ulcer; Paralysis; Paresis; Pressure sore; Pressure ulcer; Primates; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord; Wound care

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BUPIVACAINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOXACILLIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; KETAMINE; PYRIDOXINE; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICCILIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DECUBITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYPERALIMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; LONG-TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARESIS; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 77956257480     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2010.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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