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Spontaneous Thyroiditis in BB Wistar Diabetic Rats
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