Article
Dogs, distemper and Paget's disease.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Dec 1993
Mee A P, Sharpe P T
Abstract excerpt
The cause of Paget's disease is still unknown, despite many years of intensive study. During this time, evidence has sporadically emerged to suggest that the disease may result from a slow viral infection by one or more of the Paramyxoviruses. More recently, epidemiologic and molecular studies have suggested that the canine paramyxovirus, canine distemper virus, is the virus responsible for the disease. If true,...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Bone Diseases
- Distemper
- Distemper Virus, Canine
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Interleukin-6
