Ultrasonography of peripheral nerves in the normal adult horse

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 456-464

  Alexander, Kate ^a   Dobson, Howard ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equine; Neuropathy; Peripheral nerve; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE; TECHNIQUE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0041381333     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2003.tb00485.x     Document Type: Article

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