An evaluation of diagnostic data in comparison to the results of liver biopsies in mature horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 554-559

  Durham, A E ^a   Smith, K C ^b   Newton, J R ^b  

^a LIPHOOK EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical; Clinicopathology; Diagnostic; Horse; Liver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; LIVER; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1542603763     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775467216     Document Type: Article

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