Identification of the prion protein allotypes which accumulate in the brain of sporadic and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 521-525

  Silvestrini, Maria Chiara ^a   Cardone, Franco ^b   Maras, Bruno ^a   Pucci, Piero ^c   Barra, Donatella ^a   Brunori, Maurizio ^a   Pocchiari, Maurizio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030902421     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0597-521     Document Type: Article

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