Use of the D-dimer assay for diagnosing thrombosis in cases of canine cutaneous vasculitis

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 586-590

  Rosser Jr , Edmund J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DOG; METABOLISM; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOSIS; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOGS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULITIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 73149102290     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2009.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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