Bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak and human new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. New knowledges on prion diseases;Epidemia di encefalopatia spongiforme bovina e nuova variante della malattia di Creutzfeldt-Jakob nell'uomo. Ultime acquisizioni sulle malattie da prioni

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-149

  Calza, Leonardo ^a   Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Prion; Scrapie; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035260919     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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