Autoantibodies to brain components and antibodies to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus are present in bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6591-6595

  Tiwana, Harmale ^a   Wilson, Clyde ^a   Pirt, John ^a   Cartmell, William ^c   Ebringer, Alan ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Wickham Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MYELIN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAIN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 0032700046     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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