Use of the ventrodorsal myelographic view to predict lateralization of extruded disk material in small-breed dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion: 104 Cases (2004-2005)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1860-1865

  Bos, Alexandra Squires ^a   Brisson, Brigitte A ^a   Holmberg, David L ^a   Nykamp, Stephanie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34250305113     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.12.1860     Document Type: Article

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