Noninfected tenosynovitis of the digital flexor tendon sheath: A retrospective analysis of 76 cases

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-141

  Smith, M R W ^a,b   Wright, I M ^a  

^a Greenwood Ellis and Partners   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital flexor tendons; Horse; Tenoscopy; Tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; LIGAMENT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON INJURY; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947301159     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406776563350     Document Type: Article

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