One-year clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up of Doberman Pinschers with cervical spondylomyelopathy treated medically or surgically

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Da Costa, Ronaldo C ^a,b   Parent, Joane M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34447507949     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.2.243     Document Type: Article

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