Epidemiology and characterization of seizures in a pedigreed baboon colony

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 535-538

  Szabó, C Ákos ^a   Knape, Koyle D ^a   Leland, M Michelle ^b   Cwikla, Daniel J ^a   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^c,d   Williams, Jeff T ^c,d  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BABOON; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PAPIO; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84876272458     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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