Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Primary portal vein hypoplasia and SLC2A9 mutation associated with urate urolithiasis in a Spanish water dog.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2015
- Authors:
- Cosgrove, Laura et al.
- Affiliation:
- Small Animal Hospital · United Kingdom
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
This report describes a Spanish water dog with an ammonium urate urethrolith which was diagnosed with primary portal vein hypoplasia and was found to be homozygous for the mutated SLC2A9 gene. This is the first Spanish water dog described with the SLC2A9 mutation and the first case of concurrent portal vascular abnormalities and SLC2A9 mutation.
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