A multicentric retrospective study of serum/plasma urea and creatinine concentrations in dogs using univariate and multivariate decision rules to evaluate diagnostic efficiency

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Concordet, Didier ^a   Vergez, F ^a   Trumel, C ^a   Diquelou A ^a   Lanore, D ^b   Le Garreres A ^b   Pages J P ^b   Pechereau D ^b   Medaille C ^c   Braun, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE VÉBIOTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic efficiency; Kidney disease; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATININE; DECISION MAKING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 44449171361     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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