The key must fit: Macrophages transport prion infection to the central nervous system and may determine the sites of infection within it

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-220

  Dealler, S ^a  

^a BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDRESSIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030857033     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90205-X     Document Type: Article

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