Evaluation of buffy coat smears for circulating mast cells in healthy cats and ill cats without mast cell tumor-related disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1685-1687

  Garrett, Laura D ^a,b   Craig, Carol L ^a   Szladovits, Balazs ^a,d   Chun, Ruthanne ^a,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; MALE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; MALE; MAST CELLS; MASTOCYTOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 37349006885     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.11.1685     Document Type: Article

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