Evaluation of nonunion fractures in dogs by use of B-mode ultrasonography, power Doppler ultrasonography, radiography, and histologic examination

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1354-1361

  Risselada, Marije ^a   van Bree, Henri ^a   Kramer, Martin ^a,b   Chiers, Koen ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Verleyen, Piet ^a   Saunders, Jimmy H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY WEIGHT; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TISSUE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33747784617     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.8.1354     Document Type: Article

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