Verification of scintigraphic imaging for injury diagnosis in 264 horses with foot pain

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-355

  Dyson, S ^a   Murray, R ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collateral ligament of the distal interphalangeal joint; Deep digital flexor tendon; Horse; Increased radiopharmaceutical uptake; Lameness; Navicular disease

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARSAL BONE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TARSAL BONES;

EID: 34748916492     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516407X185430     Document Type: Article

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