Mechanisms of phenotypic heterogeneity in prion, Alzheimer and other conformational diseases

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-95

  Gambetti, Pierluigi ^a   Parchi, Piero ^b   Capellari, Sabina ^b   Russo, Claudio ^c   Tabaton, Massimo ^c   Teller, Jan K ^d   Chen, Shu G ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0035085508     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2001-3113     Document Type: Review

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