Primary flexor enthesopathy of the canine elbow: Imaging and arthroscopic findings in eight dogs with discrete radiographic changes

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-245

  van Ryssen, B ^a   de Bakker, E ^a   Beaumlin, Y ^a   Samoy, Y C A ^a   van Vynckt, D ^a   Gielen, I ^a   Ducatelle, R ^a   van Bree, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Elbow; Flexor enthesopathy; Medial epicondyle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDINITIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862258034     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-11-03-0038     Document Type: Article

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