Pharmacological manipulation of early PrPres accumulation in the spleen of scrapie-infected mice

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 16, 2001, Pages 39-56

  Beringue, V ^a,c   Lamoury, F ^a   Adjou, K T ^a   Maignien, T ^a   Demoy, M ^b   Couvreur, P ^b   Dormont, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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