Spontaneous femoral capital physeal fractures in adult cats: 26 Cases (1996-2001)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1731-1736

  McNicholas Jr , T Walter ^a,e   Wilkens, Brent E ^c   Blevins, William E ^a   Snyder, Paul W ^a   McCabe, George P ^b   Applewhite, Aric A ^d   Laverty, Peter H ^a   Breur, Gert J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Veterinary Centers of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE CELL; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; GROWTH PLATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 18744392511     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.1731     Document Type: Article

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