Accuracy of the withdrawal reflex for localization of the site of cervical disk herniation in dogs: 35 cases (2004-2007)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 232, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-563

  Forterre, Franck ^a   Konar, Martin ^a   Tomek, Ales ^a   Doherr, Markus ^a   Howard, Judith ^a   Spreng, David ^a   Vandevelde, Marc ^a   Jaggy, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 40949133365     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.232.4.559     Document Type: Article

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