Fibrocartilaginous embolic encephalomyelopathy of the brainstem and midcervical spinal cord in a dog

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 765-767

  Axlund, Todd W ^a   Isaacs, Andrew M ^a   Holland, Mollyann ^b   O'Brien, Dennis P ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Holland's Vet Referral Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PARALYSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CARTILAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 6444243048     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<765:FEEOTB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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