Influence of sex and age on serum total immunoglobulin E concentration in Beagles

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-97

  Racine, Brigitte P ^a   Marti, Eliane ^a   Busato, André ^a   Weilenmann, Richard ^b   Lazary, Sandor ^a   Griot Wenk, Monika E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b F Hoffmann La Roche   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BREEDING; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032615950     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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