Abstract
Eight hundred and seventy-one dogs with thrombocytopenia were divided into the following five categories: immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (49; 5.6 per cent), thrombocytopenia caused by disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) (52; 6.0 per cent), thrombocytopenia caused by miscellaneous disorders (222; 25.5 per cent), neoplasia-associated thrombocytopenia (244; 28 per cent) and inflammatory/infectious thrombocytopenia (304; 34.9 per cent). The incidence of thrombocytopenia among the hospital population was 6.7 per cent. The dogs with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia caused by DIC had significantly (P<0.001) lower platelet counts (median 32.0 x 10(9)/l and 55.0 x 10(9)/l, respectively) than the dogs in the other three categories.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Autoimmune Diseases / blood
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Autoimmune Diseases / epidemiology
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Autoimmune Diseases / etiology
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Autoimmune Diseases / veterinary
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Blood Cell Count / veterinary
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Blood Platelets
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Communicable Diseases / complications
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Communicable Diseases / veterinary
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / complications
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / veterinary
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Dog Diseases / blood
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Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
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Dog Diseases / etiology*
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Dogs
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Female
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Germany / epidemiology
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Incidence
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Inflammation / complications
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Inflammation / veterinary
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Male
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Neoplasms / complications
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Neoplasms / veterinary
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Thrombocytopenia / blood
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Thrombocytopenia / epidemiology
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Thrombocytopenia / etiology
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Thrombocytopenia / veterinary*