Evaluation of an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quantitative measurement of serum total thyroxine concentration in dogs and cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 243-249

  Lurye, Jill C ^a   Behrend, Ellen N ^a   Kemppainen, Robert J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

THYROXINE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROXINE;

EID: 0037099085     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.243     Document Type: Article

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