Multiple Pathways to Osteoarthritis and Articular Fractures: Is Subchondral Bone the Culprit?

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-116

  Cruz, Antonio M ^a   Hurtig, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE REMODELING; HINDLIMB; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INJURY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 39749159819     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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