Putative paraneoplastic pemphigus and myasthenia gravis in a cat with a lymphocytic thymoma

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hill, Peter B ^a   Brain, Phil ^b   Collins, David ^b   Fearnside, Steve ^b   Olivry, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Small Animal Specialist Hospital   (Australia)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; LYMPHOMA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS; THYMOMA;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; LYMPHOMA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEMPHIGUS; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; THYMOMA;

EID: 84888052566     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vde.12086     Document Type: Article

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