Acute postretinal blindness: Ophthalmologic, neurologic, and magnetic resonance imaging findings in dogs and cats (seven cases)

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Seruca, Cristina ^a   Ródenas, Sergio ^b   Leiva, Marta ^a   Peña, Teresa ^a   Añor, Sònia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Hampshire BH24 3JW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; MRI; Vision loss; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NOSE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OSTEOSARCOMA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TURCICA;

EID: 77956285484     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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