RNA integrity in post mortem human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and control brain tissue

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-642

  Sherwood, K R ^a,b   Head, M W ^b   Walker, R ^c   Smith, C ^c   Ironside, J W ^b   Fazakerley, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Creutzfeldt Jakob; Human; Post mortem; RNA

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; FREEZING; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA STABILITY; STORAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 80052373556     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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