Plasma Procalcitonin Concentration in Healthy Horses and Horses Affected by Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1689-1691

  Bonelli, F ^a   Meucci, V ^a   Divers, T J ^b   Jose Cunilleras, E ^c   Corazza, M ^a   Tognetti, R ^a   Guidi, G ^a   Intorre, L ^a   Sgorbini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diagnostic Test; Equine

Indexed keywords

CALCA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84946409281     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.13640     Document Type: Article

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