Effect of levothyroxine administration on hemostatic analytes in Doberman Pinschers with von Willebrand disease

• Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 523 - 527
• Main Authors: Heseltine, J.C, Panciera, D.L, Troy, G.C, Monroe, W.E, Brooks, M.B, Feldman, B.F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Animals; blood coagulation disorders; Canine; Cross-Over Studies; Dog Diseases - blood; Dog Diseases - drug therapy; Dogs; Double-Blind Method; Female; Hemostasis - drug effects; L-thyroxine; Male; Thyroid; Thyrotropin - blood; Thyroxine - blood; Thyroxine - therapeutic use; Triiodothyronine - blood; von Willebrand Diseases - blood; von Willebrand Diseases - drug therapy; von Willebrand Diseases - veterinary; von Willebrand factor

Levothyroxine administration has been suggested to be an effective treatment for canine von Willebrand disease (vWd), but evidence supporting this treatment is lacking. Effects of levothyroxine administration were evaluated in 8 euthyroid Doberman Pinschers with plasma von Willebrand factor (vWf) co...