Clinical considerations on canine visceral leishmaniasis in Greece: A retrospective study of 158 cases (1989-1996)

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 376-383

  Koutinas, Alexander F ^a,c   Polizopoulou, Zoe S ^a   Saridomichelakis, Manolis N ^a   Argyriadis, Dimitrios ^b   Fytianou, Anna ^a   Plevraki, Katerina G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GREECE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033192595     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-35-5-376     Document Type: Article

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