Canine and feline intracranial meningiomas: An updated review

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-165

  Motta, Luca ^a   Mandara, Maria Teresa ^b   Skerritt, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a ChesterGates Animal Referral Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Meningioma; Review; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYUREA; VASCULOTROPIN;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 84860451290     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.10.008     Document Type: Review

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