Desmitis of the distal digital annular ligament in seven horses: MRI diagnosis and surgical treatment

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-344

  Cohen, Jennifer M ^a   Schneider, Robert K ^b   Zubrod, Chad J ^b   Sampson, Sarah N ^b   Tucker, Russell L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 44949118591     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2008.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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