Necrotizing meningoencephalitis of Pug Dogs associates with dog leukocyte antigen class II and resembles acute variant forms of multiple sclerosis

A. Greer, Kimberly; K. Wong, Aaron; Liu, Hongwei; R. Famula, Thomas; C. Pedersen, Niels; L. Ruhe, Alison; J. Wallace, Melisa; W. Neff, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01484.x

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Necrotizing meningoencephalitis of Pug Dogs associates with dog leukocyte antigen class II and resembles acute variant forms of multiple sclerosis

Published in Tissue Antigens • Apr 1, 2010

Authors:

Kimberly A. Greer

Aaron K. Wong

Hongwei Liu

Abstract

Necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) is a disorder of Pug Dogs that appears to have an immune etiology and high heritability based on population studies. The present study was undertaken to identify a genetic basis for the disease. A genome-wide association scan with single tandem repeat (STR) mark...

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Meningoencephalitis

Human leukocyte antigen

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