Steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis: A prospective study of potential disease markers, prednisolone treatment, and long-term outcome in 20 dogs (2006-2008)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 862-870

  Lowrie, M ^a   Penderis, J ^a   McLaughlin, M ^a   Eckersall, P D ^a   Anderson, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Dog; Immunoglobulin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGITIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTERITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 67749129075     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0337.x     Document Type: Article

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