Idiopathic immune-mediated polysynovitis in three horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-15

  Pusterla, N ^a   Pratt, S M ^a   Magdesian, K G ^a   Carlson, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUTE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JOINT BIOPSY; JOINT EFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PROTEINURIA; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33746294072     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.1.13     Document Type: Article

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