Serum iron and plasma fibrinogen concentrations as indicators of systemic inflammatory diseases in horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-494

  Borges, Alexandre S ^a   Divers, Thomas J ^a   Stokol, Tracy ^a   Mohammed, O Hussni ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactant protein; Horse; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRINOGEN; IRON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34249295167     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[489:SIAPFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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