Hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis in Australian quarter horses.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1995.tb03563.x

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Hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis in Australian quarter horses.

Australian veterinary journal - 1 Aug 1995

Church S

Abstract excerpt

Three Quarter Horse stallions and 5 of their 11 tested progeny were diagnosed as affected with the inherited autosomal dominant defect hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis in Victoria in 1992. The diagnoses were based on the appearance of clinical signs and associated increased plasma potassium conce...

Topics

Animals
Atrial Fibrillation
DNA
Electrocardiography
Genes, Dominant
Horse Diseases
Horses
Hyperkalemia
Male
Mutation
Paralysis
Periodicity
Potassium
Victoria

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