Lipids of plasma, retina, and retinal pigment epithelium in Swedish Briard dogs with a slowly progresssive retinal dystrophy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Anderson, Robert E ^a   Maude, Maureen B ^a   Narfström, Kristina ^b   Nilsson, Sven Erik G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

animal models; Briard dog; inherited retinal degeneration; phospholipids; polyunsaturated fatty acids; retinal degeneration; retinal dystrophy; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0031080167     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0195     Document Type: Article

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