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Association of dilated cardiomyopathy with the striatin mutation genotype in boxer dogs.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Meurs K M, Stern J A, Sisson D D, Kittleson M D, Cunningham S M, Ames M K, Atkins C E, DeFrancesco T, Hodge T E, Keene B W, Reina Doreste Y, Leuthy M, Motsinger-Reif A A, Tou S P
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BACKGROUND: Myocardial disease in the Boxer dog is characterized by 1 of 2 clinical presentations, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) characterized by ventricular systolic dysfunction, dilatation and tachyarrhythmias, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) characterized by ventricular tachyarrhythmias, syncope, and sudden death. Boxer ARVC has been associated with a deletion in the striatin gene in...
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