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Distribution of extrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt morphology in predisposed dog breeds.
BMC veterinary research - 11 Jul 2012
Van den Bossche Lindsay, van Steenbeek Frank G, Favier Robert P, Kummeling Anne, Leegwater Peter A J, Rothuizen Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An inherited basis for congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (EHPSS) has been demonstrated in several small dog breeds. If in general both portocaval and porto-azygous shunts occur in breeds predisposed to portosystemic shunts then this could indicate a common genetic backgroun...
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