Masseter myodegeneration as a cause of trismus or dysphagia in adult horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 642-646

  Pearson, E G ^a   Snyder, S P ^a   Saulez, M N ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; MUSCLE ENZYME; MYOGLOBIN; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; SATELLITE CELL; SPINDLE CELL; TRISMUS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 19944413075     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.20.642     Document Type: Article

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