Ultrastructural changes in cardiac myocytes from Boxer dogs with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-113

  Oxford, Eva M ^a   Danko, Charles G ^a   Kornreich, Bruce G ^a   Maass, Karen ^b   Hemsley, Shari A ^a   Raskolnikov, Dima ^a   Fox, Philip R ^c   Delmar, Mario ^d   Moïse, N Sydney ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ARVC; Boxer; Cardiac ultrastructure; Desmosome; Electron microscopy; Intercalated disc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERCALATED DISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DESMOSOMES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79959362790     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: 18750834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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