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Acute paretic syndrome in juvenile White Leghorn chickens resembles late stages of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies in humans.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 28 Jan 2010
Bader Sophie R, Kothlow Sonja, Trapp Sascha, Schwarz Susanne Cn, Philipp Hans-Christian, Weigend Steffen, Sharifi Ahmad R, Preisinger Rudolf, Schmahl Wolfgang, Kaspers Bernd, Matiasek Kaspar
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BACKGROUND: Sudden limb paresis is a common problem in White Leghorn flocks, affecting about 1% of the chicken population before achievement of sexual maturity. Previously, a similar clinical syndrome has been reported as being caused by inflammatory demyelination of peripheral nerve fibres. Here...
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