Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in canine Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 407-410

  Isola, M ^a   Zotti, A ^a   Carnier, P ^a   Baroni, E ^a   Busetto, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERTHES DISEASE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP JOINT; LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27844589864     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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