Effects of unfocused extracorporeal shock wave therapy on healing of wounds of the distal portion of the forelimb in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-234

  Silveira, Andressa ^a   Koenig, Judith B ^a   Arroyo, Luis G ^a   Trout, Donald ^a   Moens, Noël M M ^a   LaMarre, Jonathan ^a   Brooks, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FORELIMB; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; EXTREMITIES; GRANULATION TISSUE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HORSES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77249175763     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.2.229     Document Type: Article

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