The collateral ligaments of the distal interphalangeal joint: Magnetic resonance imaging and post mortem observations in 25 lame and 12 control horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-544

  Dyson, S ^a   Blunden, T ^a   Murray, R ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desmopathy; Foot; Histopathology; Horse; Lameness; Osseous cyst like lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TOE JOINT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOE JOINT;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 50949108992     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X313661     Document Type: Article

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