A follow-up study of neurologic and radiographic findings in working German Shepherd Dogs with and without degenerative lumbosacral stenosis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1529-1533

  Steffen, Frank ^a   Hunold, Katharina ^a   Scharf, Gernot ^a   Roos, Malgorzata ^a   Flückiger, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 37349087464     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.10.1529     Document Type: Article

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