Neuroinvasion in prion diseases: The roles of ascending neural infection and blood dissemination

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sisó, Sílvia ^a   González, Lorenzo ^a   Jeffrey, Martin ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; GOAT; HUMAN; KURU; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 77955400984     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/747892     Document Type: Review

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