Evaluation of the internal vertebral venous plexus, vertebral canal, dural sac, and vertebral body via nonselective computed tomographic venography in the cervical vertebral column in healthy dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2039-2045

  Gómez, Marcelo A ^a,b   Jones, Jeryl C ^a   Broadstone, Richard V ^a   Inzana, Karen D ^a   Freeman, Larry E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; VEIN DIAMETER; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOGS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SPINAL CANAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33645234515     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.2039     Document Type: Article

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