Surgical removal of an intramedullary spinal cord foreign body granuloma in a dog

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-310

  Leskovar, Alenka ^a   Coates, Joan R ^a   Russell, Karen E ^a   Walker, Michael A ^a   Storts, Ralph W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CORDOTOMY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DOG; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; MOBILIZATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE SCINTISCANNING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0038627971     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0390306     Document Type: Article

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