Association of spinal cord compression seen on magnetic resonance imaging with clinical outcome in 67 dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 644-650

  Penning, V ^a   Platt, S R ^b   Dennis, R ^b   Cappello, R ^a   Adams, V ^b  

^a QUEEN MOTHER HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENGLAND; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33750439085     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2006.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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