Acta Vet. Brno 2024, 93: 169-181
https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202493020169
Relationship between the severity of neurological signs in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc disease and the magnitude of spinal cord compression by disc extrusion as assessed by computed tomography
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