Chiari-like malformation with syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: Long-term outcome after surgical management

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 396-405

  Rusbridge, Clare ^a  

^a Stone Lion Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34547300490     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2007.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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