Magnetic resonance imaging features of oblique and straight distal sesamoidean desmitis in 27 horses

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-311

  Sampson, Sarah N ^a   Schneider, Robert K ^a   Tucker, Russell L ^a   Gavin, Patrick R ^a   Zubrod, Chad J ^b   Ho, Charled P ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakridge Equine Hospital   (United States)

^c California Advanced Imaging at Atherton   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmitis; Distal sesamoidean ligaments; Horse; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOE JOINT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOE JOINT;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547315092     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2007.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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