Chronic hepatitis associated with canine leishmaniosis (Leishmania infantum): A clinicopathological study of 26 cases

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 145-152

  Rallis, T ^a   Day, M J ^b   Saridomichelakis, M N ^a   Adamama Moraitou, K K ^a   Papazoglou, L ^a   Fytianou, A ^a   Koutinas, A F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; Leishmania infantum; Liver Histopathology; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; HEMOSIDERIN;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BREED; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER STRUCTURE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PORTAL VEIN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; TISSUE SECTION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILIRUBIN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEMOSIDERIN; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; HEPATOCYTES; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VACUOLES;

EID: 14544276824     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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