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The dog continued to worsen, experienced more frequent episodes of gastric dilatation, and developed generalized muscle atrophy. Biopsies were collected from the biceps femoris and triceps brachii muscles. A pattern of denervation atrophy was evident in both muscles, consistent with polyneuropathy. The owners elected humane euthanasia and a necropsy was performed. A striking finding at necropsy was severe loss of myelinated fibers with extensive endoneurial fibrosis in the vagus nerve, consistent with an autonomic neuropathy. Autonomic neuropathy is a previously unexplored cause of gastric dilatation and intestinal dysmotility in dogs. These findings should open new directions for exploring pathogenic mechanisms for gastric dilatation in this species.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-6176","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,22]],"date-time":"2014-03-22T01:21:38Z","timestamp":1395451298000},"page":"221-226","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Recurrent Gastric Dilatation and Intestinal Dysmotility Possibly Resulting from Autonomic Neuropathy in a Great Dane"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Joseph W.","family":"Spoo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"G. 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