Notes on the history of the prion diseases. Part I

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Poser, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuru; Prions; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; KURU; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KURU; PORTRAITS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 0036139990     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(01)00186-X     Document Type: Review

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