Comparison of radiographic assessments of the tibial plateau slope in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 586-589

  Baroni, Ermenegildo ^b   Matthias, Richard R ^a   Marcellin Little, Denis J ^a   Vezzoni, Aldo ^c   Stebbins, Martha E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinica Veterinaria Baroni ^*  (Italy)

^c Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOG; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZATION; TIBIA; TIBIA SHAFT; X RAY FILM;

ANIMALS; DOGS; JOINT DISEASES; STIFLE; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0038664276     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.586     Document Type: Article

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