Morphological variations in brachial plexus of beagle dogs: Evaluation of utility as sources of allogeneic nerve grafts

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 767-772

  Nakamura, Michiko ^a,b   Tomizawa, Nobuyuki ^b   Tohyama, Koujiro ^c   Hara, Shigeo ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Beagle dog; Brachial plexus; Branching pattern; Variation

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOG; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; NERVE FIBER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOGS; FORELIMB; LYMPH NODES; NERVE FIBERS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 4344694690     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.767     Document Type: Article

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