A preliminary evaluation of the use of equine neutrophil elastase 2A concentration in synovial fluid as a marker for joint inflammation in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 623-626

  Dagleish, M P ^a   Wakeman, K D ^b   McDiarmid, A M ^c  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Inflammation; Joint disease; Neutrophil elastase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 1542603728     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775467306     Document Type: Article

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