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A. Michelson, E. Russell, P. Harman (1955)
Dystrophia Muscularis: A HEREDITARY PRIMARY MYOPATHY IN THE HOUSE MOUSE.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 41 12
A. Milhorat, V. Toscani, W. Bartels (1945)
Effect of Wheat Germ on Creatinuria in Dermatomyositis and Progressive Muscular Dystrophy.*Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 58
R. H. Rigdon (1963)
Perosis Secondary to Spontaneously-Occurring Muscle Necrosis in the DuckAmer J Vet Res, 24
Rigdon Rh (1961)
Muscular dystrophy: spontaneous occurrence in ducks.Texas reports on biology and medicine, 19
Rigdon Rh (1961)
Amyloidosis: spontaneous occurrence in white Pekin ducks.The American journal of pathology, 39
V. Asmundson, L. Julian (1956)
INHERITED MUSCLE ABNORMALITY IN THE DOMESTIC FOWLJournal of Heredity, 47
R. D. Adams , D. Denny-Brown, C. M. and Pearson (1962)
Diseases of Muscle: A Study in Pathology
S. Warren (1944)
THE HISTOPATHOLOGY OF RADIATION LESIONSPhysical Review, 24
J. Ellis (1956)
Necrosis and regeneration of skeletal muscles in cortisone-treated rabbits.The American journal of pathology, 32 5
C. Cornelius, G. Law, L. Julian, V. Asmundson (1959)
Plasma Aldolase and Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase Activities in Inherited Muscular Dystrophy of Domestic Chicken.∗Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 101
Rigdon Rh (1962)
Spontaneously occurring muscle necrosis and amyloidosis in the white Pekin duck.American Journal of Veterinary Research, 23
V. Vl (1960)
Ultrastructure of human muscle.American Journal of Pathology, 37
V. L. van Breemen (1960)
Ultrastructure of Human Muscle: II. Observations on Dystrophic Striated Muscle FibersAmer J Path, 37
G. W.: " Pearce (1963)
Muscular Dystrophy in Man and Animals
G. Fetterman, M. Wratney, J. Donaldson, T. Danowski (1956)
Muscular dystrophy. I. History, clinical status, muscle strength, and biopsy findings.A.M.A. journal of diseases of children, 91 4
West Wt, Mason Ke (1955)
Degeneration and regeneration in experimental muscular dystrophy.American journal of physical medicine, 34
S. Hicks (1950)
Brain metabolism in vivo. II. The distribution of lesions caused by azide, malononitrile, plasmocid and dinitrophenol poisoning in rats.A.M.A. archives of pathology, 50 5
W. D. Forbus (1926)
Pathologic Changes in Voluntary Muscle: I. Degeneration and Regeneration of the Rectus Abdominis in PneumoniaArch Path Lab Med, 2
R. H. Rigdon (1963)
Granules in Muscles of Dystrophic DucksFed Proc, 22
J. Ellis (1953)
Studies on the Nature and Pathogenesis of Muscular Degeneration in Cortisone-Treated RabbitsBulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 29
A. Pappenheimer (1948)
On certain aspects of vitamin E deficiency., 111
S. P. Hicks (1950)
Brain Metabolism in Vivo: II. The Distribution of Lesions Caused by Azide, Malononitrile, Plasmocid and Dinitrophenol Poisoning in RatsArch Path, 50
George Discombe (1957)
AN ATLAS OF MUSCLE PATHOLOGY IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASESThe Ulster Medical Journal, 26
Rigdon Rh (1961)
Spontaneous muscular dystrophy in the white Pekin duck.American Journal of Pathology, 39
R. Rigdon, T. Ferguson, J. Couch (1962)
Muscular dystrophy in the chicken. A pathologic study.Texas reports on biology and medicine, 20
S. Warren (1943)
Effects of Radiation on Normal Tissues: XIV. Effects on Striated MuscleArch Path, 35
F. Homburger , J. R. Baker, C. W. Nixon, G. and Wilgram (1962)
New Hereditary Disease of Syrian HamstersArch Intern Med, 110
F. Homburger, J. Baker, C. Nixon, R. Whitney (1962)
Primary, Generalized Polymyopathy and Cardiac Necrosis in an Inbred Line of Syrian HamstersPharmacology, 6
G. Dalldorf, G. Sickles (1948)
An Unidentified, Filtrable Agent Isolated From the Feces of Children With Paralysis.Science, 108 2794
Abstract A spontaneously occurring myopathy that resembles in many ways muscular dystrophy in man has been observed in a strain of white Pekin ducks.1,2 Of these ducks, 10% developed contractures, usually between the 7th and 21st day of life, in one or both extremities.3 Many had muscular weakness and morphologic changes in the muscle without contractures. The histologic lesions in the striated muscle were characterized by focal areas of necrosis within individual muscle fibers.1-3 Genetic studies now in progress would suggest that transmittal does occur. A variety of agents have produced degenerative lesions in the striated muscle of different laboratory animals: irradiation,4,5 a chemical,6 bacterial infections,7 viruses,8 vitamin deficiency,9 and massive doses of cortisone.10,11 A genetic disease has been described in which there are degenerative lesions in the striated muscle of the mouse,12 hamster,13,14 and chicken.15-17 Progressive muscular dystrophy References 1. Rigdon, R. H.: Muscular Dystrophy: Spontaneous Occurrence in Ducks , Tex Rep Biol Med 19: 167-177 ( (spring) ) 1961. 2. Rigdon, R. H.: Spontaneous Muscular Dystrophy in the White Pekin Duck , Amer J Path 39:27-40 ( (July) ) 1961. 3. Rigdon, R. H.: Perosis Secondary to Spontaneously-Occurring Muscle Necrosis in the Duck , Amer J Vet Res 24:1030-1037 ( (Sept) ) 1963. 4. Warren, S.: Effects of Radiation on Normal Tissues: XIV. Effects on Striated Muscle , Arch Path 35:347-349 ( (Feb) ) 1943. 5. Warren, S.: The Histopathology of Radiation Lesions , Physiol Rev 24:225-238 ( (April) ) 1944. 6. Hicks, S. P.: Brain Metabolism in Vivo: II. The Distribution of Lesions Caused by Azide, Malononitrile, Plasmocid and Dinitrophenol Poisoning in Rats , Arch Path 50:545-561 ( (Nov) ) 1950. 7. Forbus, W. D.: Pathologic Changes in Voluntary Muscle: I. Degeneration and Regeneration of the Rectus Abdominis in Pneumonia , Arch Path Lab Med 2:318-339 ( (Sept) ) 1926. 8. Dalldorf, G., and Sickles, G. M.: An Unidentified, Filtrable Agent Isolated From the Feces of Children With Paralysis , Science 108:61-62 ( (July) ) 1948.Crossref 9. Pappenheimer, A. M.: On Certain Aspects of Vitamin E Deficiency , Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1948. 10. Ellis, J. T.: Studies on the Nature and Pathogenesis of Muscular Degeneration in Cortisone-Treated Rabbits , Bull Acad Med 29:814-817 ( (Oct) ) 1953. 11. Ellis, J. T.: Necrosis and Regeneration of Skeletal Muscles in Cortisone-Treated Rabbits , Amer J Path 32:993-1013 ( (Sept-Oct) ) 1956. 12. Michelson, A. M.; Russell, E. S.; and Harman, P. J.: Dystrophia Muscularis: A Heredittary Primary Myopathy in the House Mouse , Proc Nat Acad Sci 41:1079-1084 ( (Dec) ) 1955.Crossref 13. Homburger, F.; Baker, J. R.; Nixon, C. W.; and Wilgram, G.: New Hereditary Disease of Syrian Hamsters , Arch Intern Med 110:660-662 ( (Nov) ) 1962.Crossref 14. Homburger, F.; Baker, J. R.; Nixon, C. 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Archives of Internal Medicine – American Medical Association
Published: Apr 1, 1964
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