The 14-3-3 cerebrospinal fluid immunoassay lacks utility in the diagnosis of clinical scrapie

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 537-539

  Tyler, Jeff W ^a   Lakritz, Jeff ^a   Weaver, Dusty ^a   Johnson, Gayle ^a   VanMetre, David ^b   Smith, K ^a   Taylor, William ^c   Jenny, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14 3 3 PROTEIN; 14-3-3 PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; IMMUNOASSAY; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0035514039     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300616     Document Type: Article

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