Thoracolumbar disc disease in 71 paraplegic dogs: Influence of rate of onset and duration of clinical signs on treatment results

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 158-163

  Ferreira, A J A ^a   Correia, J H D ^a   Jaggy, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036527611     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2002.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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