Plateletcrit is superior to platelet count for assessing platelet status in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-271

  Tvedten, Harold ^a   Lilliehöök, Inger ^b   Hillström, Anna ^b   Häggström, Jens ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b University Animal Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; Macrothrombocytopenia; Macrothrombocytosis; Plateletcrit; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 52649093826     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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