title: Laryngeal paralysis in immature and mature dogs as one sign of a more diffuse polyneuropathy.
abstract: Six dogs with laryngeal paralysis had clinical, electrophysiologic, and pathologic evidence of a more generalized polyneuropathy. Three of the dogs were young Dalmatians, one was a young Bouvier des Flandres, and two were older, large-breed dogs. The results of this study suggest that laryngeal paralysis in dogs may frequently be one clinical sign of an underlying, more generalized polyneuropathy. Two forms of this generalized polyneuropathy may exist: an early form, as seen in young dogs with congenital or hereditary disease, and a delayed-onset form that is usually found in older dogs with so-called idiopathic laryngeal paralysis, some of which may have hypothyroidism.
authors.affiliation: Neuromuscular Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849-3501.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Braund
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shores
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Steiss
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toivio-Kinnucan
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Amling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D004576:Electromyography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*