Positive predictive value of albumin: Globulin ratio for feline infectious peritonitis in a mid-western referral hospital population

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 903-905

  Jeffery, Unity ^a   Deitz, Krysta ^a   Hostetter, Shannon ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATS; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; UNITED STATES;

FELIDAE;

EID: 84870221643     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X12454862     Document Type: Article

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