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Alleles of the major histocompatibility complex play a role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic acinar atrophy in dogs.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jul 2013
Tsai Kate L, Starr-Moss Alison N, Venkataraman Gopalakrishnan M, Robinson Christopher, Kennedy Lorna J, Steiner Jörg M, Clark Leigh Anne
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a disease wherein pancreatic acinar cells fail to synthesize and secrete sufficient amounts of digestive enzymes for normal digestion of food. EPI affects many dog breeds, with a dramatically higher prevalence in the German shepherd dog (GSD) population. In this breed and perhaps others, EPI most often results from degeneration of the acinar cells of the pancreas, a...
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