Juvenile kyphosis in pigs: A spontaneous model of Scheuermann's kyphosis

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 702-707

  Nielsen, Louise W D ^a   Høgedal, Peter ^b   Arnbjerg, Jens ^a   Jensen, Henrik Elvang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Veterinary Diagnostic Service   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Hemivertebrae; Juvenile; Kyphosis; Scheuermann's disease

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; FIBRIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KYPHOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SWINE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA;

EID: 28844490576     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_259.x     Document Type: Article

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