Morphometry of the Thoracic Spine in German Shepherd Dog: A Computed Tomographic Study

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-58

  Dabanoglu, I ^a   Kara, M E ^a   Turan, E ^a   Ocal, M K ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 1342300772     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2003.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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