Failure to detect the presence of prions in the uterine and gestational tissues from a gravida with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1602-1608

  Xiao, Xiangzhu ^a   Miravalle, Leticia ^b   Yuan, Jue ^a   McGeehan, John ^c   Dong, Zhiqian ^a   Wyza, Robert ^a   MacLennan, Gregory T ^a   Golichowski, Alan M ^b   Kneale, Geoff ^c   King, Nicholas ^b   Kong, Qingzhong ^a   Spina, Salvatore ^b   Vidal, Ruben ^b   Ghetti, Bernardino ^b   Roos, Karen ^b   Gambetti, Pierluigi ^a   Zou, Wen Quan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE 5 PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCRAPIE; UTERUS; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRPSC PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EID: 65649085258     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.081045     Document Type: Article

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