In vivo diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis by comparison of protein content, cytology, and direct immunofluorescence test on peritoneal and pleural effusions

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-361

  Paltrinieri, Saverio ^a   Cammarata Parodi, Margherita ^b   Cammarata, Giorgio ^b  

^a Ist Patologia Generale Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria e Patologia Aviare   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033161571     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100411     Document Type: Article

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