Artifactual changes in hematological variables in equine blood samples stored at different temperatures and various anticoagulants

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-452

  Sharif, Maysam Tehrani ^a   Mahabadi, Mehrdad Ameri ^b   Moshfeghi, Sogand ^a   Sharifi, Hamid ^c   Hoseini, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Alavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Equine; Hematology; Storage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864475024     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1116-0     Document Type: Article

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