Well-posedness for a model of prion proliferation dynamics

Journal of Evolution Equations

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-264

  Laurençot, Philippe ^a   Walker, Christoph ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Existence; Prion proliferation; Uniqueness; Weak solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247593078     PISSN: 14243199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00028-006-0279-2     Document Type: Article

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