Unconventional transmissible agents or prions;Les agents transmissibles non conventionnels ou prions

Presse Medicale

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 425-430

  Dormont, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 0030890427     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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