Evaluation of drugs for treatment of prion infections of the central nervous system

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 594-597

  Riemer, Constanze ^a   Burwinkel, Michael ^a   Schwarz, Anja ^a   Gültner, Sandra ^a   Mok, Simon W F ^a   Heise, Ines ^a   Holtkamp, Nikola ^b   Baier, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; DAPSONE; IBUPROFEN; MEMANTINE; MINOCYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; FATALITY; FEMALE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EVALUATION; MORTALITY;

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CURCUMIN; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; IBUPROFEN; MEMANTINE; MICE; MINOCYCLINE; PRION DISEASES;

EID: 41649119833     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83281-0     Document Type: Article

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