Lesions of the deep digital flexor tendon in the digit: A correlative MRI and post mortem study in control and lame horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

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

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foot; Histopathology; Horse; Lameness; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TARSAL BONE; TENDON; TOE JOINT;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOT DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TARSAL BONES; TENDONS; TOE JOINT;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 58549094928     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X343028     Document Type: Article

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