Conclusions of the Symposium

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-575

  Gambetti, Pierluigi ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERITABILITY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MARKER GENE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031804371     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00185.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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