Pancytopenia in a cat with visceral leishmaniasis

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Marcos, Ricardo ^a   Santos, Marta ^a   Malhaõ, Fernanda ^a   Pereira, Rui ^b   Fernandes, Ana Cristina ^c   Montenegro, Luís ^b   Roccabianca, Paola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Medical Veterinary Hospital Montenegro   (Portugal)

^c Boa Nova Veterinary Clinic   (Portugal)

^d Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood; Buffy coat; Cat; Leishmania; Pancytopenia

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; PANCYTOPENIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PANCYTOPENIA;

EID: 69449093998     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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