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Evidence of inheritance of intrahepatic portosystemic shunts in Irish Wolfhounds.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
van Steenbeek F G, Leegwater P A J, van Sluijs F J, Heuven H C M, Rothuizen J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The etiogenesis of congenital portosystemic shunt in dogs is not understood. In Irish Wolfhounds, intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (IHPSS) is thought to be hereditary, but the mode of inheritance is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To document the genetic background and investigate the potential mode of inheritance of IHPSS in Irish Wolfhounds. ANIMALS: Three mature, privately owned, affected siblings and their...
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