Prion diseases: A primer for general pathologists

Diagnostic Histopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Gelpi, Ellen ^a   Kovacs, Gabor G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Prion; Prion disease; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CODON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79955046943     PISSN: 17562317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpdhp.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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