D-dimer deposits in lungs and kidneys suggest its use as a marker in the clinical workup of dogs with heartworm (dirofilaria immitis) disease

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 182-186

  Carreton E ^a   Gonzalez Miguel J ^b   Montoya Alonso, J A ^a   Morchon R ^b   Simon F ^b   Passeri, B ^c   Cantoni, A M ^c   Kramer, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D dimer; Dirofilaria immitis; Immunohistochemistry; Kidney; Lung; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROTHROMBUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 84869869539     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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