Quantification of the association between intervertebral disk calcification and disk herniation in Dachshunds

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1090-1095

  Jensen, Vibeke F ^a,b   Beck, Sarah ^a,c   Christensen, Knud A ^a,c   Arnbjerg, Jens ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Falke Veterinary Clinic   (Denmark)

^c Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALCINOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALCINOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 54049092025     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.7.1090     Document Type: Article

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