Correlation between severity of clinical signs and motor evoked potentials after transcranial magnetic stimulation in large-breed dogs with cervical spinal cord disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-64

  Poma, Roberto ^a   Parent, Joane M ^a   Holmberg, David L ^a   Partlow, Gary D ^a   Monteith, Gabrielle ^a   Sylvestre, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Vet Referral Surgical Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0036663112     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.60     Document Type: Article

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