Liver and Biliary System Pathology in Equine Dysautonomia (Grass Sickness)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-255

  Marrs, J ^a   Small, J ^a   Milne, E M ^b   John, H A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILIRUBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LIVER DISEASES; UREA;

EID: 0035344356     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2001.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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