Study on biological variability of five acute-phase reactants in dogs

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Kjelgaard Hansen, Mads ^a   Mikkelsen, Lars Friis ^b   Kristensen, Annemarie T ^a   Jensen, Asger Lundorff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1 acid glycoprotein; C reactive protein; Fibrinogen; Haptoglobin; Inflammation; Serum iron

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HAPTOGLOBIN; IRON; OROSOMUCOID;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOG; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0141926541     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-003-0477-z     Document Type: Article

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