The role of the immune system in the prion diseases;Role du systeme immunitaire dans les maladies a prions

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1204-1210

  Cesbron, Jean Yves ^a   Lemaire, Catherine ^a   Delhem, Nadirah ^a   Schulze, Tobias ^b,c   Blanquet, Françoise ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Neurologische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE;

EID: 0031742394     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4267/10608/938     Document Type: Article

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