Magnetic resonance imaging in dogs with neurologic impairment due to acute thoracic and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1220-1226

  Levine, J M ^a   Fosgate, G T ^a   Chen, A V ^b   Rushing, R ^a   Nghiem, P P ^c   Platt, S R ^c   Bagley, R S ^b   Kent, M ^c   Hicks, D G ^a   Young, B D ^a   Schatzberg, S J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroimaging; Neurology; Spinal cord disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70350378482     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0393.x     Document Type: Article

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