Outcome of medical and surgical treatment in dogs with cervical spondylomyelopathy: 104 Cases (1988-2004)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1284-1290

  Da Costa, Ronaldo C ^a,b   Parent, Joane M ^a,c   Holmberg, David L ^a   Sinclair, Diana ^a   Monteith, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 55349104116     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.8.1284     Document Type: Article

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