Association of urine protein excretion and infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Bernese Mountain dogs

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-488

  Gerber, Bernhard ^a   Eichenberger, Simone ^a   Haug, Katharinan ^a   Wittenbrink, Max M ^b   Reusch, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bernese Mountain dog; Borrelia burgdorferi; Familial nephropathy; Lyme nephritis; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CREATININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROTEINURIA;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 71549131624     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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