Infectivity of amyloid diseases

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 411-413

  Sigurdsson, Einar M ^a   Wisniewski, Thomas ^a   Frangione, Blas ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [1-42]; CHAPERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036728567     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(02)02403-6     Document Type: Review

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