Development of intervertebral disk calcification in the Dachshund: A prospective longitudinal radiographic study

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 274-282

  Jensen, Vibeke F ^a   Arnbjerg, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALCINOSIS; DENMARK; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALCINOSIS; DENMARK; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035346953     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-37-3-274     Document Type: Article

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