Haptoglobin concentrations in a canine hospital population

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 562-564

  McGrotty, Y L ^a   Knottenbelt, C M ^a   Ramsey, I K ^a   Reid, S W J ^a   Eckersall, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HAPTOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYARTHRITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037701904     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.18.562     Document Type: Article

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