The paradoxical dynamics of prion disease latency

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Payne, Robert J H ^a   Krakauer, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DYNAMICS; INCUBATION TIME; KINETICS; LATENT PERIOD; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032554662     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0627     Document Type: Article

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