Involvement of the immunological system in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies;Implicación del sistema inmunológico en la patogénesis de las encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 648-653

  Brun, Alejandro ^a,c   Castilla, J ^a   Parra, B ^a   Rodriguez, F ^b   Torres, J M ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Prion; Scrapie; Spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; MACROPHAGE; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0242291163     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3707.2003130     Document Type: Review

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