A study of an electrodiagnostic technique for the evaluation of equine recurrent laryngeal neuropathy

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 459-465

  Hawe, C ^a   Dixon, P M ^a   Mayhew, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clydesdale; Diagnosis of laryngeal paralysis; Electrolaryngeogram; Horse; Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX MUSCLE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PALPATION; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REFLEX; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PALPATION; PARESIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0035461577     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776254826     Document Type: Article

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