Synovial Fluid D-Dimer Concentration in Foals with Septic Joint Disease

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1113-1117

  Ribera, T ^a   Monreal, L ^a   Armengou, L ^a   Rios J ^a   Prades, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equine foals; Septic arthritis; Septicemia; Synovial fibrinolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

EID: 80053111922     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.0758.x     Document Type: Article

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