Sensitive detection of prion protein in human urine

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 230, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 343-349

  Narang, Harash K ^a,c   Dagdanova, Ayuna ^b   Xie, Zhiliang ^b   Yang, Qiwei ^b   Chen, Shu G ^b  

^a BioTech Global   (United Kingdom)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c West Acres   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt jakob disease; Prion protein; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; Urine

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE VALUE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 18244383286     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020523000508     Document Type: Article

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