Accumulation of prion protein in the peripheral nervous system in human prion diseases

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 716-721

  Lee, Chin Cheng M ^a,b   Kuo, Lu T ^b   Wang, Chwan H ^c   Scaravilli, Francesco ^b   An, Shu F ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Nozmae iG ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Ganglia; Peripheral nervous system; Prion protein; Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOMETRICS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 23844473261     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000175330.66715.08     Document Type: Article

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