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Correlation of the feline PKD1 genetic mutation with cases of PKD diagnosed by pathological examination.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Oct 2007
Helps Chris, Tasker Séverine, Harley Ross
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (AD-PKD) is the most prevalent inherited genetic disease of cats, particularly affecting Persians. Using archived tissue samples from 44 cats a genotype was successfully obtained by real-time PCR for 43 cats. Twenty-five cats (18 Persians, 4 domestic longhair cats and 3 domestic shorthair (DSH) cats) were found to carry the AD-PKD mutation and all of these cats had...
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