Atraumatic rupture of the gastrocnemius muscle after corticosteroid administration in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 655-657

  Rewerts, Jennifer M ^a   Grooters, Amy M ^a,b   Payne, John T ^a   Kornegay, Joe N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RUPTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 0031052703     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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