Value of Western blotting in the clinical follow-up of canine Leishmaniasis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-173

  Fernández Pérez, Francisco J ^a   Méndez, Susana ^a   De La Fuente, Concepción ^a   Cuquerella, Montserrat ^a   Gómez, M Teresa ^a   Alunda, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033086969     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100211     Document Type: Article

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