Role of latent feline leukemia virus infection in nonregenerative cytopenias of cats

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Stutzer B ^a   Muller F ^b   Majzoub, M ^a   Lutz, H ^c   Greene, C E ^b   Hermanns, W ^a   Hartmann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Neutropenia; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LATENCY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS LATENCY;

ANIMALIA; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 73349119996     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0417.x     Document Type: Article

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