Magnetic resonance imaging characterization of vertebral endplate changes in the dog

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Gendron, Karine ^a   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Gavin, Patrick ^b   Lang, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MR Vets Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Discospondylitis; Dog; Endplate changes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reactive; Vertebral endplate

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84862629365     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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