Duration and severity of clinical signs as prognostic indicators in 30 dogs with thoracolumbar disk disease after surgical decompression

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Kazakos, G ^a   Polizopoulou, Z S ^a   Patsikas, M N ^a   Tsimopoulos, G ^a   Roubies, N ^a   Dessiris, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844438342     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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