Segmental Meningomyelitis in 2 Cats Caused by Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Alves, L ^a   Gorgas, D ^b   Vandevelde, M ^a   Gandini, G ^c   Henke, D ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78651263275     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0635.x     Document Type: Article

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