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Clinical note: Calcium bilirubinate gallstones in an aged rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta )
Author(s) -
Kessler M. J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350020306
Subject(s) - gallstones , disease , primate , physiology , calcium , medicine , gastroenterology , pathology , biology , ecology
Severe gallstone disease was found at necropsy in a 24‐year‐old female monkey which died of pyelonephritis. Reports of spontaneous cholelithiasis in rhesus monkeys are rare. This is the first description of gallstone disease in a non‐human primate caused by calcium bilirubinate choleliths.
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