Inherited predisposition to myasthenia gravis in Newfoundlands

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 956-958

  Lipsitz, David ^a   Berry, Jennifer L ^b   Shelton, G Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEDIGREE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0033210766     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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