Clinical recognition of stress-related bone injury in racehorses

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-311

  Davidson, Elizabeth J ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear scintigraphy; Racehorse; Radiology; Stress fracture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 23644442766     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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