Magnetic resonance imaging features of cervical stenotic myelopathy in 21 dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-27

  Lipsitz, David ^a,b   Levitski, Robin E ^a   Chauvet, Anne E ^a   Berry, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Wobblers

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYNOVIAL CYST; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SYNOVIAL CYST;

EID: 0035227750     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2001.tb00899.x     Document Type: Article

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