BSE immunohistochemical patterns in the brainstem: A comparison between UK and Italian cases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 444-449

  Casalone, C ^a   Caramelli, M ^a   Crescio, M I ^a   Spencer, Y I ^b   Simmons, M M ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b VLA Weybridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brainstem; BSE; Immunohistochemistry; PrP; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GREAT BRITAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIONS;

EID: 33646265262     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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