Proposed link between paralytic syndrome and thiamine deficiency in Swedish gulls not substantiated

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rocke, Tonie E ^a   Barker, Ian ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYNDROME; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHARADRIIFORMES; PARALYSIS; SWEDEN; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 76549107732     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912119107     Document Type: Letter

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