Increased expression of the normal cellular isoform of prion protein in inclusion-body myositis, inflammatory myopathies and denervation atrophy

Brain Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 182-189

  Zanusso, Gianluigi ^a   Vattemi, Gaetano ^a   Ferrari, Sergio ^a   Tabaton, Massimo ^b   Pecini, Elisa ^a   Cavallaro, Tiziana ^a   Tomelleri, Giuliano ^a   Filosto, Massimiliano ^a   Tonin, Paola ^a   Nardelli, Ettore ^a   Rizzuto, Nicola ^a   Monaco, Salvatore ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Medicina Interna B   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MYOPATHY; POLYMYOSITIS; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0035095576     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2001.tb00390.x     Document Type: Article

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