Magnetic resonance imaging findings in spinal cord infarction in three small breed dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-96

  Grünenfelder, Fredrik I ^a,c   Weishaupt, Dominik ^b   Green, Ron ^b   Steffen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chondrodystrophic dogs; FCE; MRI; Small breed dogs; Spinal cord disease

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMBOLISM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 18244404821     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2005.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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