Senile systemic amyloidosis in an aged savannah monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) with tenosynovial degeneration

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-659

  Chambers, James Kenn ^a   Kanda, Takuya ^a   Shirai, Atsushi ^b   Higuchi, Keiichi ^c   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^d   Une, Yumi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Omiya Park Zoo   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cercopithecus aethiops; Senile systemic amyloidosis; Tenosynovial amyloidosis; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERCOPITHECUS; FATALITY; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOO ANIMAL;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FATAL OUTCOME; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77953732928     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0394     Document Type: Article

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