Immunization delays the onset of prion disease in mice

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-17

  Sigurdsson, Einar M ^a   Brown, David R ^b   Daniels, Maki ^b   Kascsak, Richard J ^b   Kascsak, Regina ^c   Carp, Richard ^c   Meeker, Harry C ^c   Frangione, Blas ^a,c   Wisniewski, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FREUND ADJUVANT; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036317750     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64151-X     Document Type: Article

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