Electromyography as diagnostic tool and phenytoin sodium as treatment in a case of stringhalt in a Dutch Warmblood horse;Het gebruik van elektromyografisch onderzoek als diagnosticum en fenytoïne natrium als therapeuticum in een geval van klassieke hanetred bij een KWPN-paard

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 125, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 43-47

  Wijnberg, I D ^a   Back, W ^a   Van Der Kolk, J H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0347018719     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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