Anemia, splenomegaly, and increased osmotic fragility of erythrocytes in Abyssinian and Somali cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1483-1491

  Kohn, Barbara ^a,c   Goldschmidt, Michael H ^a   Hohenhaus, Ann E ^b   Giger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

HEMOGLOBIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COOMBS TEST; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COOMBS' TEST; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; PEDIGREE; PYRUVATE KINASE; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0034668744     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.1483     Document Type: Article

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