Comparison of oral administration of lomustine and prednisolone or prednisolone alone as treatment for granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis or necrotizing encephalitis in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-345

  Flegel, Thomas ^a   Boettcher, Irene C ^a   Matiasek, Kaspar ^b   Oevermann, Anna ^c   Doherr, Marcus G ^c   Oechtering, Gerhard ^a   Henke, Diana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Public Health ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; LOMUSTINE; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79951819357     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.3.337     Document Type: Article

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