Concurrent occipital bone malformation and atlantoaxial subluxation in a neonatal harbor seal (Phoca Vitulina)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-388

  Dennison, Sophie E ^a   Forrest, Lisa J ^a   Fleetwood, Michelle L ^b   Gulland, Frances M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; marine mammal; neurologic disorder; radiology

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISLOCATION; FATALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISLOCATIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PHOCA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 67651031270     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0147.1     Document Type: Article

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