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Erythrocytic pyruvate kinase mutations causing hemolytic anemia, osteosclerosis, and secondary hemochromatosis in dogs.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Gultekin G Inal, Raj K, Foureman P, Lehman S, Manhart K, Abdulmalik O, Giger U
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Erythrocytic pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency, first documented in Basenjis, is the most common inherited erythroenzymopathy in dogs. OBJECTIVES: To report 3 new breed-specific PK-LR gene mutations and a retrospective survey of PK mutations in as mall and selected group of Beagles and West Highland White Terriers (WHWT). ANIMALS: Labrador Retrievers (2 siblings, 5 unrelated), Pugs (2 siblings, 1...
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