Performance of 2 microtiter canine Coombs' tests

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-183

  Overmann, Jed A ^a   Sharkey, Leslie C ^a   Weiss, Doug J ^a   Borjesson, Dori L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coombs' test; Dog; Immune mediated hemolytic anemia; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD; COOMBS TEST; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANIMALS; COOMBS' TEST; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34250346949     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2007.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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