Concentrations of serum amyloid A in serum and synovial fluid from healthy horses and horses with joint disease

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1738-1742

  Jacobsen, Stine ^a   Thomsen, Maj Halling ^a   Nanni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HORSE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; TENDINITIS; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33750216272     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.10.1738     Document Type: Article

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