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Diagnosing cardiovascular disease in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) with brain natriuretic peptide

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in zoo-housed great apes, accounting for 41% of adult gorilla death in North American zoological institutions. Obtaining a timely and accurate diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in gorillas is challenging, relying on echocardiography which generall...

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Autores principales: Murray, Suzan, Kishbaugh, Jennifer C., Hayek, Lee-Ann C., Kutinsky, Ilana, Dennis, Patricia M., Devlin, William, Hope, Katharine L., Danforth, Marietta D., Murphy, Hayley W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6424555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30889217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214101