Experimental diphtheritic neuropathy in the mouse: a study in cellular resistance.

Authors :: Mellick R
Dolan L
Kidman AD
Source :: British journal of experimental pathology [Br J Exp Pathol] 1975 Oct; Vol. 56 (5), pp. 471-6.
Publication Year :: 1975
Abstract: Diphtheria toxin administered by direct intraneural injection procedures demyelination in the mouse sciatic nerve. A dose in the order of 2 million times greater on an equal weight of nerve basis to required to produce the lesion compared with the dose required in the chicken.

Subjects :: Animals
Chickens
Demyelinating Diseases pathology
Species Specificity
Time Factors
Demyelinating Diseases etiology
Diphtheria Toxin toxicity
Mice physiology

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