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Beta-sarcoglycan-deficient muscular dystrophy presenting as chronic bronchopneumonia in a young cat.

Juliette Bouillon, Suzanne M Taylor, Cheryl Vargo, Michelle Lange, Lesley A Zwicker, Sally L Sukut, Ling T Guo, G Diane Shelton

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Article in JFMS open reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Juliette BouillonSmall Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2926-4926
Suzanne M TaylorSmall Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Cheryl VargoSmall Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Michelle LangeMartensville Veterinary Hospital, Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Lesley A ZwickerSmall Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Sally L SukutSmall Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Ling T GuoDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
G Diane SheltonDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
University of Saskatchewan · CAUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

case summaryA 5-month-old cat was evaluated for a 3 week history of cough, nasal discharge, decreased appetite and weight loss. Musculoskeletal examination was normal and serum creatine kinase (CK) activity was within the reference interval. The cat was treated during the next 10 months for chronic, persistent pneumonia. Weakness then became apparent, the cat developed dysphagia and was euthanized. Post-mortem evaluation revealed chronic aspiration pneumonia and muscular dystrophy associated with beta (β)-sarcoglycan deficiency. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: This is the first report of a cat with muscular dystrophy presenting for chronic pneumonia without obvious megaesophagus, dysphagia or prominent neuromuscular signs until late in the course of the disease. The absence of gait abnormalities, marked muscle atrophy or hypertrophy and normal serum CK activity delayed the diagnosis in this cat with β-sarcoglycan deficiency.

Indexed as

amyotrophybronchopneumoniadysphagiaMuscular dystrophysarcoglycan

Identifiers

PMID31308955
PMCPMC6607561
OpenAlexW2955572778

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