Differences in total protein concentration, nucleated cell count, and red blood cell count among sequential samples of cerebrospinal fluid from horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-57

  Sweeney, Corinne R ^a   Russell, Gail E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PUNCTURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0034218340     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.54     Document Type: Article

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