Resistance of the hippocampus in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Masullo, C ^a,b   Macchi, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Largo Agostino Gemelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); dementia; hippocampus; neurodegeneration; PrP protein

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CODON; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0031032389     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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