A case of Ehlers-Danlos-like syndrome in a rabbit with a review of the disease in other species

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 182-185

  Sinke, J D ^a   van Dijk, J E ^a   Willemse, T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLLAGEN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; RABBITS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 0031262091     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1997.9694768     Document Type: Review

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