Prevalence of radiographic detectable intervertebral disc calcifications in Dachshunds surgically treated for disc extrusion

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Rohdin, Cecilia ^a   Jeserevic, Janis ^b   Viitmaa, Ranno ^c   Cizinauskas, Sigitas ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Referral Animal Neurology Hospital Aisti   (Finland)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NORWAY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 77950686716     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-24     Document Type: Article

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