Miscellaneous Movement Disorders

Equine Neurology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 365-372

  Hahn, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Functional neuroanatomy; Horses; Neurologists define movement disorders; Spinal cord disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349103348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376461.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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