Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia associated with Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a dog

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Gould, S M ^a   Mcinnes, E L ^b,c  

^a Queen's Veterinary School Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MYOCARDITIS; NEMATODIASIS; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ARTERITIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0033124340     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1999.tb03068.x     Document Type: Article

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