Pathology and immunocytochemistry of a kuru brain

Brain Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 547-553

  Hainfellner, Johannes A ^a   Liberski, Pawel P ^b   Guiroy, Don C ^c   Cervénaková, Larisa ^c   Brown, Paul ^c   Gajdusek, D Carleton ^c   Budka, Herbert ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KURU; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031053453     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1997.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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