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2022 May 27


J Vet Intern Med

A potential early clinical phenotype of necrotizing meningoencephalitis in genetically at-risk pug dogs.

Authors

Windsor R, Stewart S, Schmidt J, Mosqueda M, Piras I, Keller SM, Steinmetz B, Borjesson DL, Huentelman M, Khanna C
J Vet Intern Med. 2022 May 27.
PMID: 35621070.

Abstract

Necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) in the pug dogs is a fatal neuroinflammatory disease associated with rapid progression and poor response to conventional immunosuppressive therapy. Diagnosis is typically made after severe neurological abnormalities have manifested.