Neuropathological and molecular comparison between clinical and asymptomatic bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-508

  Sisó, Silvia ^a,b   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Botteron, Catherine ^a   Fatzer, Rosemarie ^a   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Vandevelde, Marc ^a   Seuberlich, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b VLA Lasswade   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Prion; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CATTLE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GLIOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34948842913     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0283-9     Document Type: Article

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