Proximodistal alignment of the canine patella: Radiographic evaluation and association with medial and lateral patellar luxation

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-211

  Mostafa, Ayman A ^a   Griffon, Dominique J ^a   Thomas, Michael W ^a   Constable, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; PATELLA; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PATELLA; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STIFLE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 41749083030     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2008.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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