Quantification and analysis of the neuropathological features of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Sutherland, Kenneth ^a   MacDonald, Simon T ^a   Ironside, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Immunocytochemistry; Prion protein; Quantitation; Spongiform change; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030024159     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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