mortality/aging
• at 49 days for males and 54 days for females
• maximum life span is 87 days for females
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cardiovascular system
• grossly dilated hearts with one or more thrombi
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• prolonged P-R interval
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• sometimes split
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• prolonged
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muscle
N |
• grossly normal hind limb muscle phenotype
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• grossly dilated hearts with one or more thrombi
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• mild myopathic changes including myocyte degeneration and regeneration with centralized nucleii
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nervous system
N |
• axon morphology and nerve root diameters are normal
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respiratory system
• consolidation of lungs
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• reduced breathing rate (bradypnea)
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growth/size/body
weight loss
(
J:90418
)
homeostasis/metabolism
• 3-7 days prior to clearly evident clinical signs of heart disease, total plasma CK and cardiac-specific CK-MB levels in 5- to 9-week-old mice become significantly elevated
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• consolidation of lungs
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