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Lack of evidence of a beneficial effect of azathioprine in dogs treated with prednisolone for idiopathic immune-mediated hemolytic anemia: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Azathioprine is used as an immunosuppressant in canine immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA), but this potentially toxic and carcinogenic drug has not been proven to be beneficial. The aim of this study was to determine the difference in outcome and survival of dogs with idiopathic IMH...

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Autores principales: Piek, Christine J, van Spil, Willem Evert, Junius, Greet, Dekker, Aldo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21489250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-7-15