Vertebral mineral density measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in a group of healthy Italian boxer dogs

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 254-258

  Zotti, A ^a   Isola, M ^a   Sturaro, E ^a   Menegazzo, L ^a   Piccinini, P ^a,b   Bernardini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Centre for the Screening of Skeletal Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOGS; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 6344291455     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2004.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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