Human prion diseases

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 551-571

  Sy, Man Sun ^a   Gambetti, Pierluigi ^a   Wong, Boon Seng ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; PRION PROTEIN;

AGED; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KURU; MOLECULAR TYPING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 0036321921     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(02)00004-4     Document Type: Review

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