The Genetics and Transgenetics of Human Prion Disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 724, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 241-245

  HSIAO, KAREN K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KURU; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRION; PRION DISEASE; SLOW VIRUS DISEASE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0028227757     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb38914.x     Document Type: Article

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