Prion protein genotype and pathological phenotype studies in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-292

  MacDonald, S T ^a   Sutherland, K ^a   Ironside, J W ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Immunocytochemistry; Morphometric; Prion protein genotype; Quantification; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029782193     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1996.tb01106.x     Document Type: Article

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