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Feline Niemann-Pick Disease With a Novel Mutation of SMPD1 Gene.
Veterinary pathology - 1 Jul 2020
Takaichi Yuta, Chambers James K, Kok Mun Keong, Uchiyama Hiroki, Haritani Makoto, Hasegawa Daisuke, Nakayama Hiroyuki, Uchida Kazuyuki
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A 4-month-old female mixed-breed cat showed gait disturbance and eventual dysstasia with intention tremor and died at 14 months of age. Postmortem histological analysis revealed degeneration of neuronal cells, alveolar epithelial cells, hepatocytes, and renal tubular epithelial cells. Infiltration of macrophages was observed in the nervous system and visceral organs. The cytoplasm of neuronal cells was filled...
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