Absence of Myelofibrosis in Dogs with Myelosuppression Induced by Ehrlichia canis Infection

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-331

  Mylonakis, M E ^a   Day, M J ^b   Siarkou, V ^a   Vernau, W ^c   Koutinas, A F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplastic pancytopenia; Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Myelofibrosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; EOSIN; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON; RETICULIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; IRON STORAGE; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; BONE MARROW; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FIBROSIS; HEMOSIDERIN; INFECTION; IRON; METAPLASIA; MONOCYTES; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; SCLEROSIS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 77952236202     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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