Nephelometric determination of rat fibrinogen as a marker of inflammatory response

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 163-169

  Larsson, Anders ^a   Björk, Jakob ^b   Lundberg, Claes ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Lund Research Center   (Sweden)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Arthritis; Fibrinogen; Rat

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLYARTHRITIS; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345337267     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(97)00062-7     Document Type: Article

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