Evaluation of serum phosphorylated neurofilament subunit NF-H as a prognostic biomarker in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-293

  Nishida, Hidetaka ^a,b   Nakayama, Masanari ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Kamishina, Hiroaki ^c   Izawa, Takeshi ^b   Hatoya, Shingo ^b   Sugiura, Kikuya ^b   Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^d   Ide, Chizuka ^e   Inaba, Toshio ^b  

^a Nakayama Veterinary Hospital   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^e AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN H;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897393251     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2014.12144.x     Document Type: Article

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