Transmission of prion disease

APMIS

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-78

  Blättler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BSE; Prion disease; Transmission; VCJD

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CHLORPROMAZINE; CONGO RED; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEPACRINE; MEVINOLIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; OXIDOPAMINE; POLYAMINE; POLYANION; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SYMPATHECTOMY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036216807     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.100109.x     Document Type: Article

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