Laboratory, Electrocardiographic, and Echocardiographic Detection of Myocardial Damage and Dysfunction in an Arabian Mare with Nutritional Masseter Myodegeneration

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1171-1180

  Schefer, K D ^a   Hagen, R ^b   Ringer, S K ^b   Schwarzwald, C C ^a  

^a Internal Medicine Section   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOSITIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOSITIS; NUTRITION DISORDERS;

EID: 80053055154     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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