Abstract
Inbred LP/J mice develop abnormal bony lesions that are grossly and histologically similar to the lesions of human otosclerosis. This is the first known occurrence of spontaneous otosclerosis-like lesions in an animal. As in the human disease, these lesions impair audition by immobilizing the ossicles of the middle ear. The LP/J mouse may be an animal model for this common human disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 881-882 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Science |
| Volume | 221 |
| Issue number | 4613 |
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| State | Published - 1983 |