The Echigo-1: A panencephalopathic strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A passage to hamsters and ultrastructural studies

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 250-254

  Liberski, Paweł P ^a   Mori, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Echigo 1 strain; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PRION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031292984     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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