Absence of Liver Specificity for Canine Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-28

  Swenson, Cheryl L ^a   Graves, Thomas K ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Canine; Muscle; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031494035     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.1997.tb00699.x     Document Type: Article

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