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Increased propensity for amyloidogenesis in male mice.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Shtrasburg S, Pras M, Dulitzky M, Pariente C, Gal R, Mor A, Livneh A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The male sex is a risk factor for reactive amyloidogenesis in several disease entities. Environmental, socioeconomic or genetic factors may underlie this male preponderance. This study was aimed at discovering whether male sex predisposes to reactive amyloidosis also in mice and to elucidate some of the hormonal associations of this risk. METHODS: Male and female Swiss mice were subjected to an...
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