NUTRITIONAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN THE GUINEA PIG AND RABBIT

A diet is described, which leads to a progressive, highly selective, and ultimately fatal dystrophy of the voluntary muscles. Guinea pigs and rabbits are susceptible, rats resistant. The diet used is complete in known requirements, except for vitamin E; the addition of this factor, however, does no...

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Main Authors: Goettsch, Marianne, Pappenheimer, Alwin M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1931
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2131959/