Clinical comparison of primary versus secondary epilepsy in 125 cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 910-916

  Pákozdy, Ákos ^a   Leschnik, Michael ^a   Sarchahi, Ali Asghar ^b   Tichy, Alexander G ^a   Thalhammer, Johann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTOXICATION; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NECROSIS; POISONING; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES;

EID: 78649716368     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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