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Genetic control of avian scleroderma.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1990
Abplanalp H, Gershwin M E, Johnston E, Reid J
Abstract excerpt
The inheritance of avian scleroderma, a fibrotic autoimmune disease of chickens resembling human scleroderma, was investigated. Comb inflammations and lesions were used to determine the state of disease of 4-week-old chickens. All line 200 males and 60% of female line 200 chicks showed abnormalities. Crosses (F1) between line 200 and eight partially inbred lines of chickens maintained at the University of...
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