The prion diseases

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 499-513

  Prusiner, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME 20; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GENE MUTATION; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031859927     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00171.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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