Prion Disease

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 833-842

  Eggenberger, Eric ^a  

^a East Lansing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KURU; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 34447307652     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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