Laboratory evaluation and interpretation of synovial fluid

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-178

  MacWilliams, Peter S ^a   Friedrichs, Kristen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAT; CELL COUNT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DOG; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT EFFUSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CELL COUNT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; JOINT DISEASES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037222804     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-5616(02)00083-9     Document Type: Review

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