Prion protein amyloidosis

Brain Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-145

  Ghetti, Bernardino ^a,d   Piccardo, Pedro ^a   Frangione, Blas ^b   Bugiani, Orso ^c   Giaccone, Giorgio ^c   Young, Katherine ^a   Prelli, Frances ^b   Farlow, Martin R ^a   Dlouhy, Stephen R ^a   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 15844415943     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1996.tb00796.x     Document Type: Review

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