Tubulovesicular structures are a consistent (and unexplained) finding in the brains of humans with prion diseases

Virus Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 226-228

  Liberski, Pawel P ^a   Sikorska, Beata ^a   Hauw, Jean Jacques ^b   Kopp, Nicolas ^c   Streichenberger, Nathalie ^c   Giraud, Pierric ^c   Budka, Herbert ^d   Boellaard, J W ^e   Brown, Paul ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Prions; Tubulovesicular structures; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TISSUE CULTURE; TUBULOVESICULAR STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS LIKE AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39149089659     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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