Factors associated with the occurrence of epistaxis in natural canine leishmaniasis (Leishmania infantum)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 866-872

  Petanides, T A ^a   Koutinas, Christos K ^a,d   Mylonakis, M E ^a   Day, M J ^d,e   Saridomichelakis, M N ^f   Leontides, L S ^g   Mischke, R ^h,i   Diniz, P ^j   Breitschwerdt, E B ^j   Kritsepi, M ^b   Garipidou, V A ^d   Koutinas, C K ^a   Lekkas, S ^c  

^a Companion Animal Clinic ^*

^b Diagnostic Laboratory

^c Laboratory of Pathology   (Netherlands)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Clinic of Medicine

^g Laboratory of Epidemiology Biostatistics and Animal Health Economics

^h UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^j NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dysproteinemia; Rhinitis; Thrombocytopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; BARTONELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 47849101820     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0129.x     Document Type: Article

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