A review of imaging techniques for canine cauda equina syndrome

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-296

  Ramirez III, Oscar ^a   Thrall, Donald E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Computed tomography; Contrast radiography; Discography; Dog; Epidurography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelography

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAUDA EQUINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CANAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032114129     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1998.tb01608.x     Document Type: Article

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