Journal article
Spontaneous Thyroiditis in BB Wistar Diabetic Rats
Abstract
Spontaneous lymphocytic thyroiditis was observed at necropsy in 36 BB Wistar diabetic rats (63.2%) and in eight of their nondiabetic siblings (42.1%). The incidence of thyroiditis decreased both with age and with longer duration of diabetes. All rats with pancreatic insulitis (a manifestation of the onset of diabetes) also had thyroiditis. BB Wistar rats with insulitis had more severe lymphocytic thyroiditis, characterized by lymphocytic, …
Authors
Wright JR; Senhauser DA; Yates AJ; Sharma HM; Thibert P
Journal
Veterinary Pathology, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 522–530
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
September 1983
DOI
10.1177/030098588302000503
ISSN
0300-9858