Objective quantification of prion protein in spinal cords of cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Sutherland, Kenneth ^a   Goodbrand, Lain A ^a   Bell, Jeanne E ^a   Ironside, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Image analysis; Intensity thresholding; Objective quantification; Prion protein; Spinal cords

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PRIONS; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030042660     PISSN: 09218912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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