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COLQ variant associated with Devon Rex and Sphynx feline hereditary myopathy.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2015
Gandolfi Barbara, Grahn Robert A, Creighton Erica K, Williams D Colette, Dickinson Peter J, Sturges Beverly K, Guo Ling T, Shelton G Diane, Leegwater Peter A J, Longeri Maria, Malik Richard, Lyons Leslie A
Abstract excerpt
Some Devon Rex and Sphynx cats have a variably progressive myopathy characterized by appendicular and axial muscle weakness, megaesophagus, pharyngeal weakness and fatigability with exercise. Muscle biopsies from affected cats demonstrated variable pathological changes ranging from dystrophic features to minimal abnormalities. Affected cats have exacerbation of weakness following anticholinesterase dosing, a clue...
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