Muscular Dystrophy (MD)

The Disease:

Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a spontaneous, X-linked, progressively fatal disease of dogs and is also a homologue of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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Clinical Signs:

Affected dogs show raised creatine kinase levels, muscle atrophy with contractures, hyaline myofiber degeneration with mineralization, endomysial and perimysial fibrosis with fatty infiltration, and cardiomyopathy.

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@Laboklin (UK)

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