Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia associated with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a dog

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 543-548

  Bexfield, N H ^a   Villiers, E J ^a   Herrtage, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27744531918     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2005.tb00284.x     Document Type: Article

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