Clinicopathologic Features and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in 24 Cats With Histopathologically Confirmed Neurologic Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1477-1486

  Crawford, A H ^a   Stoll, A L ^a,b   Sanchez Masian, D ^c   Shea, A ^d   Michaels, J ^e,f   Fraser, A R ^g,h   Beltran, E ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h ANDERSON MOORES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feline infectious peritonitis; Histopathology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurologic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FEMALE; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA; ANIMAL; CAT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85027692847     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.14791     Document Type: Article

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