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Absence of mutations in the survival motor neuron cDNA from labrador retrievers with an inherited myopathy.
The Veterinary record - 27 Aug 2005
Green S L, Tolwani R J, Varma S, Shelton G D
Abstract excerpt
The clinical phenotype of hereditary myopathy of labrador retrievers is consistent, but the pathological changes within muscle biopsy specimens can vary from type 1 fibre predominance (type 2 fibre deficiency) to dystrophic changes or overt neurogenic atrophy. The condition shares many clinical and pathological features with the mildest form of human childhood spinal muscular atrophy, and the survival motor...
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