Fibrocartilaginous embolism in 75 dogs: Clinical findings and factors influencing the recovery rate

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 76-80

  Gandini, G ^a   Cizinauskas, S ^b   Lang, J ^c   Fatzer, R ^c   Jaggy, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASE; EMBOLISM; FIBROCARTILAGINOUS EMBOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROTHERAPY; MYELOGRAPHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; DOG; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037317226     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2003.tb00124.x     Document Type: Article

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