A murine model of a familial prion disease

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 175-186

  Harris, David A ^a   Chiesa, Roberto ^a,d   Drisaldi, Bettina ^a,e   Quaglioa, Elena ^a,d   Migheli, Antonio ^b   Piccardo, Pedro ^c   Ghetti, Bernardino ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; OCTAPEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSGENE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0037366960     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-2712(02)00069-0     Document Type: Review

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