International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force recommendations for a veterinary epilepsy-specific MRI protocol
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International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force recommendations for a veterinary epilepsy-specific MRI protocol
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological diseases in veterinary practice. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as an important diagnostic test to reach the diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy. However, given that the diagnosis requires the exclusion of other differentials for seizures, the parameters for MRI examination should allow the detection of subtle lesions which may ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Veterinary Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1746-6148
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0466-x